Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	243% 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	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

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System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '21 at 17:57
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 211 84% 144 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 684 74% 587 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4014) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Lighting 96 Reflection 92.9 Parallax 86.5 78% 91.8 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 82.4 Splatting 76 72% 90.3 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1358 429 400 400 402 403 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,055 Write 1,948 Mixed 1,372 SusWrite 566 332% 1,485 MB/s	4K Read 63.2 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 85.2 291% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 862 DQ Write 726 DQ Mixed 776 586% 788 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 302%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 353GB free Firmware: M6CR041 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 432 433 289 94 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 478 Write 432 Mixed 394 SusWrite 297 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 21.5 128% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 50.3 DQ Mixed 0.8 29% 72.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 644GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 197 198 195 197 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 189 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 196 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 346GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 121 120 122 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 65 SusWrite 121 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,634 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 26.1 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 43: 4R 6G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
43%	22%	69	111	8	165	27"	1920 1080	GBT270A G27FC

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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 $94Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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