Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.7% 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	90.1% 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

2 years ago, 24 months ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '21 at 18:13
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 245 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 700 66% 550 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FD1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3535 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 108 Parallax 112 99% 114 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 104 Splatting 96.1 90% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 90 86 89 94 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 175 Mixed 250 SusWrite 94.7 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 45.8 169% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 148 156% 261 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 118%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 469GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 457 474 475 481 479 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 488 Mixed 468 SusWrite 431 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 62.7 206% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 465GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 136 133 134 135 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 111 Write 99.2 Mixed 59 SusWrite 129 73% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 14.2 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 47: 4R 7G 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
47%	45%	38	333	270	240	24.5"	1920 1080	DELA161 AW2521HF

History: Score 38: 5R 2G 7B | Score 44: 3R 6G 11B | Score 47: 4R 7G 6B

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $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