Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	110% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141017
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '19 at 01:26
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 85.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 234 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 618 65% 520 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.8% Average	Lighting 61.8 Reflection 66 Parallax 63.3 50% 63.7 fps	MRender 67.6 Gravity 58.6 Splatting 54.4 49% 60.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 806GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 364 359 359 359 356 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 442 Mixed 427 SusWrite 360 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 54.7 184% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 272 203% 272 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 421GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 362 359 356 357 354 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 454 Mixed 394 SusWrite 358 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 58.8 195% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 272 202% 267 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Crucial M550 SATA M.2 512GB-$228 189 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 332GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 359 356 355 355 352 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 439 Mixed 302 SusWrite 356 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 40.4 145% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 193 160% 232 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 110%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 436GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 93 95 93 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 80.5 Write 83 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 94.3 60% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	48.3% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 14.5 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.9 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 82%

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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