Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.1% 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	58.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 28 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141017
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '16 at 21:03
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 434 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% XFX(1682 9290) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.134.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Lighting 69.4 Reflection 58.8 Parallax 81.8 56% 70 fps	MRender 55 Gravity 57.9 Splatting 74 52% 62.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 32GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 117 167397805 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 19361712603038 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1470 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 294 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 73017131038 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 167397805 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 167397805 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 167397805 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18149 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23180 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23180 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17701	54.4% Above average	Read 180 Write 123 Mixed 137 32% 147 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 14.8 115% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 45.8 64% 119 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 84%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 124243506 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 97736275820460 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1434 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 153 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 124243506 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 124243506 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 124243506 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25838 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17657 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17657 (F2) Unknown 0 0 26427	58.6% Above average	Read 452 Write 72.5 Mixed 118 46% 214 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 18.1 112% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 86.1 DQ Write 74.2 DQ Mixed 27.6 35% 62.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 70%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 35GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 140 3941 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9340 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33370 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1731 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295032844 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 588775457 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 271 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9068 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.2% Above average	Read 103 Write 78.3 Mixed 78.6 65% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.2 67% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AE34G1609U2 0420 F3-10666CL9-8GBXL 0420 F3-10666CL9-8GBXL 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 28GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.2% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 14.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns

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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	705x
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	269x
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 $94Bench 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	53x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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