Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.5% 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)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '16 at 09:51
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 436 62% 454 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2972) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.5% Average	Lighting 62.4 Reflection 62.5 Parallax 56.8 51% 60.6 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 57.1 Splatting 50.1 47% 58.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 93GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 32408819 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -116290534506493 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 5 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 37 98786672677 (C2) HDA temperature 37 37 98786672677 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 32408819 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 32408819 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 32408819 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 55834574848 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22 (EA) Unknown 0 0 35 (F1) Unknown 0 0 35 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15 (F4) Unknown 100 100 131072	73.2% Very good	Read 493 Write 155 Mixed 237 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 18.7 132% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 16.2 45% 93.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 73%
Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G 1.5TB 5,186 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 957GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 94 150406120 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1862 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4447282128 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6104 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1949 (B4) Unknown 100 100 214486011 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 330 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065674 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 589430819 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 50823 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 64424509475 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 70
Poor: 44% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ41UF8BDW0-GN-F 2x4GB 1,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 61%

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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	705x
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	269x
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	53x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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