Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.37% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141017
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '21 at 18:43
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 211 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 657 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5166 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.63% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 6.9 3% 4.53 fps	MRender 7.1 Gravity 2.7 Splatting 5.5 4% 5.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.63% Great: 3%
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Gigabyte(1458 368D) 2GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.37% Terrible	Lighting 9.3 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 11.8 8% 11.1 fps	MRender 13.9 Gravity 12.1 Splatting 10.9 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.37% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: S3Z40107 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 469 Write 340 Mixed 26.9 61% 279 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 13.7 4K Mixed 1 41% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 71.4 DQ Mixed 46.8 55% 98.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 215GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 119 123 121 123 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 121 Write 63.9 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 112 66% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown N3D08H1600E-512N Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.9% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 8.5 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10.4 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 32%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 34: 3R 4G 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
34%	28%	50	47	4	60	23.1"	1920 1080	GSM5A21 23MP55

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $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