Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	17.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 21:05
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 271 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 730 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 362D) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 22.1 Reflection 17 Parallax 20.1 18% 19.7 fps	MRender 25 Gravity 22.6 Splatting 16.7 17% 21.4 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12304 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1346 (E8) Unknown 100 100 38788895900 (E9) Unknown 98 0 98	106% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 416 Mixed 379 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 30.9 156% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 107 139% 250 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 832GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 212738896 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2207 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20568164 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4849 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 409 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 538312733 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9477 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 38654705693 (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 100 253 -3693671872021 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9662984637 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1234553374313	111% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 193 Mixed 147 133% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.93 240% 2.39 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 825GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132628384 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2349 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13844288 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4839 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1074 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 521535516 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 682 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10116 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 38654705692 (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 100 253 -20787641710094 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6269983210 (F2) Unknown 100 253 293473966292	92.1% Outstanding	Read 127 Write 192 Mixed 150 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.98 243% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 112%
SiI RAID 0 Set 0 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 487GB free Firmware: 1100 Max speed: UDMA 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 103 Write 105 Mixed 91.2 75% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.28 125% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 60%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 293GB free Firmware: MS1OA800 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 100 70 (03) Spinup time 133 100 12895912113 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 423 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 108 100 37 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1336 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 171 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 27869 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 371130397 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2032 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2032 (C2) HDA temperature 206 166 158914969629 (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	84.7% Excellent	Read 148 Write 147 Mixed 158 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.19 79% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 1,183 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 21.7 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 25.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 80%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	714x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	474x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	212x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	272x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	127x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	116x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	73x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16