Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	235% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '21 at 00:52
Run Duration	319 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 692 76% 603 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.1% 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 (88^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Lighting 92.8 Reflection 93.5 Parallax 86 76% 90.8 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 80.8 Splatting 75.1 71% 88.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.1% 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: 741 426 425 427 428 429 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,356 Write 2,207 Mixed 1,471 SusWrite 479 363% 1,628 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 77.6 260% 90.8 MB/s	DQ Read 739 DQ Write 621 DQ Mixed 674 507% 678 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 302%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 353GB free Firmware: M6CR041 SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 452 450 451 450 448 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 453 Mixed 411 SusWrite 450 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 24.5 136% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 34.1 88% 181 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 599GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 193 197 198 197 197 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 100 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 196 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 343GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 120 122 122 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 118 Write 121 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 121 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 88%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 25GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.1 9.8 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	8.71% Terrible	Read 38.5 Write 24.8 Mixed 20 SusWrite 11 29% 23.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 1 46% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.71% Great: 30%

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 @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	69.2% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 20.9 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 23.1 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.2% 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 49: 3R 9G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
49%	14%	134	328	255	165	27"	1920 1080	GBT270A G27FC

History: Score 49: 5R 5G 9B | Score 49: 3R 9G 7B

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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 $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