Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.4% 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	118% 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 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 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '19 at 05:25
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	7%

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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 595 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3792) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.4% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 129 Parallax 111 97% 120 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 119 Splatting 102 87% 106 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376 4,705 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 464GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 398 524 534 523 445 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 551 Write 534 Mixed 490 SusWrite 466 115% 510 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 41.7 140% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 614 DQ Write 481 DQ Mixed 486 380% 527 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 246%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 362GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 101 105 104 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 168 Write 164 Mixed 94 SusWrite 103 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 219% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 109%
WDC WD40 EZRZ-00GXCB0 4TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1.5TB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 119 121 122 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 173 Write 176 Mixed 97 SusWrite 119 186% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 133% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 60%
WDC WD40 EZRZ-00GXCB0 4TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1.5TB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 119 121 122 121 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 89.3 Write 90 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 119 129% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 123% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.7% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 15.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 80%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	714x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	474x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	212x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	272x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	127x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	116x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	73x
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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16