Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	162% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '16 at 22:28
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 482 65% 483 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6175 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Lighting 74.9 Reflection 74 Parallax 64.7 61% 71.2 fps	MRender 73.3 Gravity 66.9 Splatting 59 54% 66.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 342 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 95 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 14 (AE) Unknown 99 99 11 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 455 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 57 34 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 1792 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1054 (F2) Unknown 99 99 587	162% Outstanding	Read 1,719 Write 674 Mixed 918 242% 1,104 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 25.1 164% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 37.3 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 22.1 39% 72.3 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 188%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$25 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 145GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 22 (03) Spinup time 177 175 2125 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 262 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9967 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2448 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 446 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2448 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.2% Above average	Read 93.1 Write 88.4 Mixed 93.4 69% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.41 104% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 55%
TOSHIBA MK2552GSX 250GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 107GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 40.9 Mixed 12.1 36% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.3 50% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 20.9 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 20.7 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.7% 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	716x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	476x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	214x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	274x
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 $81Bench 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 $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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