Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	166% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	17.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '19 at 05:47
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 181 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 526 53% 432 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3722) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 96 Reflection 155 Parallax 168 78% 140 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 140 Splatting 106 111% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$192 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 899 1114 203 121 298 151 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,290 Write 1,392 Mixed 1,054 SusWrite 464 236% 1,050 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 53.1 189% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 711 DQ Write 552 DQ Mixed 322 325% 528 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 282%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 446GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 367 379 386 398 366 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 398 Mixed 359 SusWrite 365 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 40.6 130% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 301 241% 337 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 125%
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 290GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 129 130 129 128 129 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 137 Write 111 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 128 26% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 5% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 122%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 8,129 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 295GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 125 125 125 126 125 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 130 Write 134 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 124 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.3 227% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 83GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 79 79 80 80 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 78.5 Write 75.5 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 78.8 54% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	63.9% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 20.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 80%

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

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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