Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.7% 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	278% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '18 at 05:26
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 244 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 656 64% 526 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 118 Parallax 105 91% 112 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 103 Splatting 97 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 436GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1856 877 615 518 610 614 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,068 Write 1,882 Mixed 1,188 SusWrite 848 334% 1,497 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 195 4K Mixed 88.4 304% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,218 DQ Write 1,010 DQ Mixed 1,040 799% 1,089 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 340%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 26GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 63 54 54 53 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 352 Write 158 Mixed 132 SusWrite 59.1 38% 175 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 26.7 102% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 55.9 DQ Mixed 81.6 85% 147 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 105%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 503GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 119 119 120 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 132 Mixed 73 SusWrite 118 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$28 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 141GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 56 60 60 60 60 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 68.3 Write 68 Mixed 38 SusWrite 59 43% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 79% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 43%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 11GB free, PID 5400 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2 1.3 1.1 2.5 1.1 1.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	3.22% Terrible	Read 8.2 Write 3 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 1.6 5% 4.25 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 38% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.22% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,634 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.5 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 72%

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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	714x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	474x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	212x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	272x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	127x
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	46x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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