Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 174% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 146% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	205% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% 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

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '22 at 23:46
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 97.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 247 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 638 65% 524 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6950-XT 5,274 User benchmarks, average bench 199% PowerColor(148C 2420) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	205% Outstanding	Lighting 258 Reflection 265 Parallax 555 210% 359 fps	MRender 416 Gravity 221 Splatting 350 270% 329 fps
Poor: 183% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 214%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$72 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 243 268 269 271 269 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 470 Mixed 364 SusWrite 256 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 52.2 176% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 237 212% 321 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 118%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$103 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 90GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 579 558 586 586 586 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 709 Write 585 Mixed 576 SusWrite 540 135% 602 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 67.9 218% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 744 DQ Write 600 DQ Mixed 662 498% 668 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 410%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 166GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 369 287 226 173 151 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 475 Mixed 402 SusWrite 238 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 55.4 183% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 251 219% 326 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 26.2 86% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 26.3 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 42%

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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	718x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	476x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	214x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	275x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	129x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	116x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	73x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	53x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	47x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16