Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	284% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '17 at 11:25
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 234 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 655 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 198 Parallax 182 149% 187 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 182 Splatting 125 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 504GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 74 64 22542851 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 675 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6909426 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -110947595188734 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 139 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 471334940 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 835 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 77309411356 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -52334176500135 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3336123939 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5481333112 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	6.38% Terrible	Read 71.5 Write 51 Mixed 37.4 12% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.27 1% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.38% Great: 7%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2,716 Write 1,365 Mixed 1,429 404% 1,837 MB/s	4K Read 61.8 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 53.1 242% 88.6 MB/s	DQ Read 548 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 184 209% 362 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 254%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$75 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 194GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4316 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 270 (AB) Unknown 100 100 6 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 51 210454511650 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 6 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10362246421 (F7) Unknown 100 100 323935780 (F8) Unknown 100 100 214868381 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3565 (D2) Unknown 100 100 28	86.8% Excellent	Read 486 Write 342 Mixed 337 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 26.1 111% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 47 101% 209 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$110 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 174GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8767 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 457 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31645398131	106% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 416 Mixed 424 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 34.7 150% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 140 155% 265 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 133%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 65GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4340 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 272 (B1) Unknown 94 94 27 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 44 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14508967710	87.3% Excellent	Read 495 Write 276 Mixed 278 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 28.6 129% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 66.3 104% 203 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.7% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	715x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	476x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	214x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	274x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	128x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	116x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	73x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	53x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	47x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16