Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	40.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '17 at 20:14
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 95.8 1-Core 94.6 2-Core 190 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 366 49% 367 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1589 MHz, MLim: 1875 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Lighting 53.4 Reflection 50.7 Parallax 45.2 44% 49.8 fps	MRender 41.9 Gravity 45.9 Splatting 40.5 35% 42.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 760GB free Firmware: LVM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 157197977 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 843 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 24087097 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -77360950933810 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 571 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 10 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 52 370212886 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 33 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 53982 (C2) HDA temperature 22 48 64424509462 (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 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 -21251498179845 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	58.9% Above average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 65.5 67% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.42 84% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 71%
WD Blue 2.5" 250GB (2009)-$30 16,754 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 147 1458 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4960 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4330 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3258 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 21001 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1375 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 381981 (C2) HDA temperature 117 79 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 39 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 95 95 4034 (F1) Unknown 200 200 14411858311 (F2) Unknown 200 200 16756134398 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	37.5% Below average	Read 64.8 Write 65.8 Mixed 64.9 49% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.29 80% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 12GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.7% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.8 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 19.5 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.7% 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	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