Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.1% 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	62.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	0.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '18 at 08:05
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 103 1-Core 95 2-Core 158 74% 119 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 458 48% 387 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2980) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.1% Above average	Lighting 60.9 Reflection 67.5 Parallax 66.8 50% 65.1 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 57.5 Splatting 59.4 51% 62.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 140 77 77 76 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 309 Write 290 Mixed 250 SusWrite 109 54% 239 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 29 92% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 314 241% 329 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 115%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 375GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 411 426 431 432 439 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 412 Mixed 422 SusWrite 418 96% 424 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 40.7 135% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 716 DQ Write 594 DQ Mixed 819 569% 710 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 340%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 940GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 157 155 158 157 157 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 128 Write 185 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 157 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.7 325% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 134 137 143 130 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 138 Write 110 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 134 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 85%
Audio Player 4GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 2% 2GB free, PID 5661 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	1.64% Terrible	Read 5.5 Write 1.2 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 1.7 3% 2.72 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.64% Great: 2%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 8.2 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 6.93 577% 6.93 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical GA-Z97X-SLI-CF Builds (Compare 1,892 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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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