Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '17 at 01:39
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 227 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 455 61% 455 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 8C94) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 67 62% 73 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 72.3 59% 71.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0121AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 207 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 312 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 39 (A3) Unknown 100 100 201 (94) Unknown 100 100 100679 (95) Unknown 100 100 1487 (96) Unknown 100 100 1304 (97) Unknown 100 100 1459 (A4) Unknown 100 100 36197 (A5) Unknown 100 100 104 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38633870524443 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 156193 (F2) Unknown 100 100 75616 (F5) Unknown 100 100 213788 (F6) Unknown 100 100 201358 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	57.3% Above average	Read 472 Write 245 Mixed 262 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 29.3 4K Mixed 11.7 67% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 8.15 29% 60.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 92%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 77GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 57 (03) Spinup time 136 133 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5916 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3469 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 1 4294800912 (BC) Unknown 100 94 25770197003 (BE) vendor-specific 71 45 29 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1056 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5916 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 173 15 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 1 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 1 0	42.4% Average	Read 67.8 Write 79.7 Mixed 77.3 57% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.34 84% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 69GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 169959209 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9448 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 4308068063 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6358 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3476 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 53 420806681 (C2) HDA temperature 25 47 68719476761 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 23 169959209 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -104298985800564 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1664828303 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1456157966	39.7% Below average	Read 67.8 Write 70.6 Mixed 74.1 54% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.35 79% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 27.3 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 23 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 85%

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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 $179	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