Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.8% 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	85.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 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	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '16 at 22:06
Run Duration	383 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 207 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 418 57% 422 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2871) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Lighting 22.1 Reflection 23.3 Parallax 22.5 18% 22.6 fps	MRender 30.6 Gravity 21.3 Splatting 23.6 20% 25.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 153GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 73933567034208 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 370 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1481 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 27 44 42952556571 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 89187 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 53 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 89187 (F2) Unknown 100 100 103961 (F9) Unknown 100 100 17557	76.5% Very good	Read 468 Write 190 Mixed 229 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 17.3 136% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 31.4 58% 119 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 82%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 11361 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1031 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 117 (A9) Unknown 100 100 339 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 38 (AE) Unknown 100 100 184 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 45 193274118172 (D4) Unknown 100 100 11980 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 282 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2590 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5047 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9207 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	85.4% Excellent	Read 415 Write 364 Mixed 314 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 24.9 140% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 99.2 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 12.8 40% 84.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 99%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 228GB free Firmware: 1AA0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 88 88 4560 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3047 (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 99 99 7025 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2534 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 55 404226072 (C2) HDA temperature 76 50 404160536 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 52201 (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 100 99 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	46.3% Average	Read 78.7 Write 82.2 Mixed 79.8 60% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.52 125% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 59%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 32GB 2,787 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 28GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	8.33% Terrible	Read 23.9 Write 4.12 Mixed 18.5 17% 15.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.75 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.72 74% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.33% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 26.7 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 27.7 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 121%

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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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $261	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