Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '21 at 04:09
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 224 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 599 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8708) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 155 Parallax 157 130% 157 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 136 Splatting 122 119% 149 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 277 210 189 178 169 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 445 Mixed 361 SusWrite 234 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 51.4 176% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 402GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 179 184 179 178 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 135 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 180 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	705x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	211x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	269x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	126x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	115x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	72x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	53x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	46x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16