Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.47% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	16.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 19:51
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 1.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Memory 76.9 1-Core 45.4 2-Core 82.9 45% 68.4 Pts	4-Core 125 8-Core 184 19% 154 Pts	64-Core 202 12% 202 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 720 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 4% EVGA(3842 2722) 1GB CLim: 797 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 353.6 Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	3.47% Terrible	Lighting 4.17 Reflection 3.96 Parallax 3.62 3% 3.92 fps	MRender 4.52 Gravity 3.2 Splatting 5.17 4% 4.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.47% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 263GB free (System drive) Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 4264 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 27 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 20836 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 69 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 60 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 223339610156 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 48 48 20939 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 292 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	59.5% Above average	Read 108 Write 98.7 Mixed 98.6 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.25 109% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 104%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 32GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6869 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 13898 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 20911 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 106 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 14643 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219044839464 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 72 72 11255 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 206 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	52.7% Above average	Read 92.1 Write 91.4 Mixed 86.8 68% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.26 104% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
V01L3LF8GB52852816 2x8GB 483 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	54.7% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 13.5 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 86.5 46% 86.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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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Total price: $648

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