Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.3% 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	27.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '17 at 20:26
Run Duration	618 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 96.2 2-Core 188 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 377 50% 375 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Lighting 49.3 Reflection 45.6 Parallax 41 40% 45.3 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 41.8 Splatting 36.9 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM800 Series 2.5" 256GB 1,200 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: VBM24D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14859 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3996 (AF) Unknown 98 98 2 (B0) Unknown 98 98 2 (B1) Unknown 83 83 986 (B2) Unknown 68 68 40 (B3) Unknown 89 89 820 (B4) Unknown 89 89 7116 (B5) Unknown 99 99 7 (B6) Unknown 99 99 3 (B7) Unknown 99 99 10 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 68 68 84 (E9) Unknown 1 1 4294967294	27.6% Poor	Read 198 Write 104 Mixed 123 31% 141 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 8.26 4K Mixed 6.08 44% 11.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23.8 DQ Write 7.83 DQ Mixed 6.15 7% 12.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 34%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 6.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 175 6150 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2143 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3621 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1197 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 46854 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 40% Great: 84%
WD WD2002FYPS-01U1B0 2TB 7,087 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 6.5TB free Firmware: 04.01G01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 238 231 10091 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 735 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28603 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 463 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 313 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9934 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 36 (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
Poor: 31% Great: 63%
WD WD2002FYPS-01U1B0 2TB 7,087 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 6.5TB free Firmware: 04.01G01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 238 231 10075 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 743 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26345 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 463 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 313 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10354 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 37 (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
Poor: 31% Great: 63%
WD WD2002FYPS-01U1B0 2TB 7,087 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 6.5TB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 617 (03) Spinup time 153 134 9325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 744 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 49146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 465 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 308 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 307739 (C2) HDA temperature 108 92 44 (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 19
Poor: 31% Great: 63%
USB2.0 FlashDisk 1GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 0163 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	4.74% Terrible	Read 16.5 Write 2.42 Mixed 1.4 6% 6.76 MB/s	4K Read 7.36 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 29% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.74% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMGTX4 4x2GB 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2200 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 28.3 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 24.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns

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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	212x

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 $94Bench 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 $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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