Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.9% 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	244% 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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '21 at 19:24
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 91.7 2-Core 256 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 684 73% 581 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.1% 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)	75.9% Very good	Lighting 95.7 Reflection 93.9 Parallax 86 78% 91.9 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 82.9 Splatting 75.5 72% 89.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.9% 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: 1040 434 431 430 431 430 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,230 Write 2,016 Mixed 1,387 SusWrite 533 344% 1,541 MB/s	4K Read 61.3 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 83.9 282% 99.8 MB/s	DQ Read 848 DQ Write 708 DQ Mixed 765 576% 773 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 302%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 353GB free Firmware: M6CR041 SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 431 433 433 431 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 444 Mixed 393 SusWrite 391 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 22.5 128% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 33.8 89% 184 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 636GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 195 197 197 199 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 193 Mixed 86 SusWrite 196 122% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 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: 119 121 122 122 123 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 120 Write 112 Mixed 67 SusWrite 121 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.3% 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 @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.8 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 24.5 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.5% 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 54: 6R 6G 6B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
54%	14%	126	342	281	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