Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56% 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	73.8% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '20 at 02:59
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (78^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 641 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 623 39% 623 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.9% 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. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Asus(1043 04DD) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 61.8 Parallax 90.5 56% 73.6 fps	MRender 62.2 Gravity 59.7 Splatting 80 56% 67.3 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 64 111 103 93 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 513 Write 195 Mixed 208 SusWrite 94.3 55% 253 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 20.9 125% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 184 153% 226 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 83%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 966GB 1,820 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 169GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 124 124 124 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 137 Write 114 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 124 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 112%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2.5TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 104 103 104 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 115 Write 106 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 103 129% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 7.9 4K Mixed 0.6 292% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-2400-MR 2x8GB 1,459 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.9% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 15.1 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 88%

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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	211x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	268x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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