Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	54.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 23:31
Run Duration	301 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 214 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 411 54% 409 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti (448 Core LE) 2,165 User benchmarks, average bench 19% MSI(1462 2574) 1.2GB CLim: 750 MHz, MLim: 975 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Lighting 23 Reflection 35.8 Parallax 25.6 19% 28.1 fps	MRender 37.8 Gravity 18.3 Splatting 26.2 22% 27.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patrio Spark 256GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8735 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 62 62 262 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3211339 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 95 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3041	57.9% Above average	Read 330 Write 157 Mixed 447 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 8.41 122% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 37.2 DQ Mixed 16.6 16% 25.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 84%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 512GB free Firmware: CC94 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220754147 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 488793436 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 40834 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1493 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 97 89 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 64 45 656212004 (C2) HDA temperature 36 55 47244640292 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 31 220754147 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -81411105055579 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3468827250 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3000264669	44% Average	Read 85.3 Write 68 Mixed 77.4 58% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.34 90% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 56%
WD WD40EFRX-68N32N0 4TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 51GB free Firmware: 82.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 167 6641 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 11 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3031 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1750 (C2) HDA temperature 117 110 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	101% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 156 Mixed 106 113% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.24 93% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.3 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.3 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 63%

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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	704x
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	268x
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	52x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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