Ga-z97x GA-Z97X-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.1% 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	63% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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, 2 years ago.

System	Ga-z97x GA-Z97X-SLI (all builds)
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI-CF
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '22 at 11:58
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 (70^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 600 62% 500 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gainward(10B0 1B81) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 157 Parallax 98.6 80% 118 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 95.9 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 80 76 75 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 254 Write 127 Mixed 182 SusWrite 73.6 35% 159 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 36.9 143% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 84.2 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 93.9 73% 99.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 187 186 188 188 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 180 Mixed 105 SusWrite 187 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 250% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	55.9% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 17.3 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 53%

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System: Ga-z97x GA-Z97X-SLI

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	5x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2x
HD 7850AMD $174Bench 19%, 49,592 samples	1x
GTX 760 (192-bit)NvidiaBench 20%, 10,656 samples	1x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x
750 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 103%, 31,052 samples	1x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	3x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 52%, 8,627 samples	1x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	1x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $519

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 $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