Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	246% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180824
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '19 at 22:01
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 97.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 239 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 479 64% 476 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2871) 2GB CLim: 1324 MHz, MLim: 1554 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Lighting 25.8 Reflection 25.9 Parallax 32.8 21% 28.2 fps	MRender 34.8 Gravity 30.9 Splatting 27.2 25% 31 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 7L6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 864 897 843 801 749 701 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,235 Write 993 Mixed 571 SusWrite 809 202% 902 MB/s	4K Read 58.7 4K Write 242 4K Mixed 81.1 321% 127 MB/s	DQ Read 1,271 DQ Write 932 DQ Mixed 949 750% 1,051 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 292%
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 95GB free Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 86 96 87 93 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 449 Write 300 Mixed 241 SusWrite 94.1 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 17.3 118% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 89.5 DQ Mixed 18.2 25% 44.6 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 26.7 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 27.7 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 46.4 86% 46.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 121%

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

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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	704x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	209x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	266x
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	52x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	46x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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