Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.4% 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	66.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141017
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '18 at 23:43
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 668 70% 562 Pts	64-Core 670 41% 670 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% PowerColor(148C 3000) 3GB CLim: 960 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.4% Poor	Lighting 32.5 Reflection 24.7 Parallax 31.6 26% 29.6 fps	MRender 26.1 Gravity 35 Splatting 33.4 26% 31.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 128GB-$170 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3310000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7914 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1155 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3406280332071 (A6) Unknown 100 100 17 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 76 (A9) Unknown 100 100 141 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 45 (AE) Unknown 100 100 75 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 39 167504642077 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2615738500650 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5996 (EA) Unknown 100 100 12680 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9594 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8749	66.7% Good	Read 461 Write 243 Mixed 162 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 43.5 4K Mixed 17.2 74% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 61.8 98% 189 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 92%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 732GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698548 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7855 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1151 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4540 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4540 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 158914576413 (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	92.8% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 169 Mixed 155 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.2 86% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 107%
USB Mass Storage Device 16GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 6GB free, PID 8168 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	6.61% Terrible	Read 20.2 Write 9.87 Mixed 9.34 15% 13.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.36 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 29% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.61% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1866 2x8GB 1,300 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 70%

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

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Gaming 42%

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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	703x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	208x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	265x
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	56x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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