Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	70.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 16:33
Run Duration	86 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 95.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 259 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 493 53% 420 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 78 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 184 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 153 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 60 171799674912 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3027745104 (F7) Unknown 100 100 94976772 (F8) Unknown 100 100 66402392 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1926 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	70.7% Very good	Read 481 Write 332 Mixed 337 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 14.7 99% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 86 DQ Mixed 14.7 24% 43.2 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 58189896 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2664 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 75449944 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11983 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1350 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 538050589 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 83235 (C2) HDA temperature 29 41 64424509469 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -104243151234803 (F1) Unknown 100 253 48599032057 (F2) Unknown 100 253 312534328596	100% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 167 Mixed 166 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 20.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 24.3 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 72%

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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 $94Bench 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 $45	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