Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '18 at 03:56
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 109 2-Core 224 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 570 58% 467 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 81.3 Reflection 58.3 Parallax 110 66% 83.1 fps	MRender 58.1 Gravity 75.8 Splatting 74.7 58% 69.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$148 1,613 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 291GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 739 Write 699 Mixed 714 160% 717 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 16.2 102% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 14 61% 126 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 207%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789530413 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1613 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6062 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 706 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7350 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7350 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 188979609630 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	96.4% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 164 Mixed 167 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.18 96% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 667GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12897026235 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1262 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10190 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 612 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 14046 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 14046 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 214749347869 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	97.7% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 161 Mixed 138 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.18 87% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IM34GU48C16-999HB 0420 F3-12800CL8-4GBXM 0815 IM34GU48C16-999HB 0420 F3-12800CL8-4GBXM 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 62%

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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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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