Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.1% 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	40.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '17 at 15:15
Run Duration	346 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 476 65% 486 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.0 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Lighting 47.9 Reflection 32.9 Parallax 63.9 39% 48.2 fps	MRender 31.2 Gravity 48.4 Splatting 41.3 33% 40.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15523 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 274 (B1) Unknown 86 86 293 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27338394350	40.4% Average	Read 485 Write 84.5 Mixed 140 51% 236 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.4 60% 13.3 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 115%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 12GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26177 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 505 (E8) Unknown 100 100 13982518060 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	107% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 367 Mixed 395 91% 408 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 34.3 178% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 102 129% 230 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: JP4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 97 (03) Spinup time 116 116 4316332360 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1732 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 34 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 36470 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 690 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2641 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2641 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 210454380576 (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 200 200 0	51.9% Above average	Read 89.4 Write 91.2 Mixed 85 67% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.45 103% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 323GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 168 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1052 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18008 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 293 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 999 (C2) HDA temperature 113 98 30 (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	80.4% Excellent	Read 147 Write 133 Mixed 130 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.36 125% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 109%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 698GB free, PID 1140 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 107 Write 110 Mixed 62.6 116% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.15 81% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 49%
Staples Relay UFD 32GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 13GB free, PID 5202 Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	6.88% Terrible	Read 21.6 Write 5.03 Mixed 8.64 12% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.88 4K Write 0.49 4K Mixed 1.17 74% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.88% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.4 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 63%

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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	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