Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	42.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141017
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '18 at 14:29
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	QAT-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 135 2-Core 254 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 709 75% 600 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 146 Parallax 127 118% 139 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 134 Splatting 105 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 446GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2010 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 299 (A5) Unknown 100 100 98791522349 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 46 231928234026 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 64425558032 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 550 (EA) Unknown 100 100 833 (F1) Unknown 253 253 666 (F2) Unknown 253 253 366 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85% Excellent	Read 518 Write 440 Mixed 467 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 5.56 97% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 6.41 71% 164 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 76%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 525ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 41670638 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -68779606273788 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1151 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 153 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 44 64427393053 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 64427393053 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 41670638 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 41670638 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 41670638 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4997 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4619 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4619 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4936	42.6% Average	Read 166 Write 84.4 Mixed 102 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 11.3 93% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 88.5 DQ Write 97.4 DQ Mixed 24.3 37% 70.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 73%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 12 (03) Spinup time 173 169 4333 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1735 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4202 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 973 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 34066 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	84.6% Excellent	Read 143 Write 152 Mixed 129 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.29 107% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 23.5 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 86%

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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