Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	26.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	11.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '21 at 23:17
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 95.7 2-Core 220 75% 134 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 579 60% 482 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 119 Parallax 104 88% 111 fps	MRender 87 Gravity 109 Splatting 102 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 158 40 33 42 28 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26.1% Poor	Read 252 Write 275 Mixed 40.4 SusWrite 72.7 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 12.8 4K Mixed 9.5 34% 10.8 MB/s	DQ Read 32 DQ Write 14.6 DQ Mixed 16.9 14% 21.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 56%
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$246 4,222 User benchmarks, average bench 283% 1TB free Firmware: P4CR311 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 534 561 564 557 554 560 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 612 Write 543 Mixed 542 SusWrite 555 127% 563 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 61 189% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 772 DQ Write 698 DQ Mixed 908 633% 792 MB/s
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 389%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 319GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 132 136 137 111 137 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 159 Write 151 Mixed 34.1 SusWrite 132 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 907GB free Firmware: MS2OA5R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 34 33 33 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 69.1 Write 27.4 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 34.9 31% 42.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 103% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.1% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 14.8 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.2 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	210x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	267x
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