Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.2% 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	54.6% 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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '17 at 06:47
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 104 2-Core 210 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 386 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 119 Reflection 0 Parallax 91.4 97% 70.3 fps	MRender 85.9 Gravity 93.5 Splatting 89.8 74% 89.8 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 22347178 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -48155173320386 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 261 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 26 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 38 38657196065 (C2) HDA temperature 33 38 38657196065 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 22347178 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 22347178 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 22347178 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4649 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2558 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2558 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2662 (F4) Unknown 100 100 5767191	54.6% Above average	Read 407 Write 112 Mixed 155 49% 224 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 14.1 94% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 77.3 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 28.9 41% 73.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 550GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103828112 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3058 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 123964205 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6096 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 952 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 69 64 521601055 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10402 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 21474836511 (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 135085311397979 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26951061810 (F2) Unknown 100 253 319056674095	91.5% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 146 Mixed 145 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.2 81% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2133C11 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2133C11 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 13.2 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 64%

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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	703x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	208x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	265x
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	56x
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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $185	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