Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93% 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	51.1% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago, 8 months ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20141017
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '23 at 19:59
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 229 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 410 57% 422 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$287 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 537.13 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 109 Parallax 113 95% 113 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 102 Splatting 93.3 88% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG4304RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 73 111 86 169 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 411 Write 359 Mixed 215 SusWrite 129 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 16 74% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 99 DQ Mixed 35.4 46% 84 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 114GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 104 106 103 105 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 111 Write 118 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 104 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 109%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 126 127 126 126 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 98.6 Write 129 Mixed 64.4 SusWrite 126 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D169DS1J.8FE 4x4GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.7 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 19.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	49	13	60	39.7"	1920 1009	STD00C7 STD HDMI TV

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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	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 $94Bench 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 $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16