Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.2% 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	88.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '17 at 20:03
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 240 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 599 65% 516 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Lighting 48.7 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 60.3 40% 47.2 fps	MRender 30.7 Gravity 46.7 Splatting 40.2 32% 39.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6094 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2219 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 113 (A9) Unknown 100 100 303 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 48 (AE) Unknown 100 100 116 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 46 197569675296 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 316 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 12729 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6377 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16698 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	88.8% Excellent	Read 410 Write 430 Mixed 354 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 23.2 117% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 47.9 92% 187 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 99%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 802GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 12 (03) Spinup time 122 115 6900 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3317 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20546 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1095 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 186 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 32968 (C2) HDA temperature 116 96 31 (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	60% Good	Read 102 Write 107 Mixed 91.2 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NT4GC64B8HG0NF-CG Kingston 9905458-009.A00LF 1311 NT4GC64B8HG0NF-CG Kingston 9905458-009.A00LF 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.4% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.8 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.2 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 53%

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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 $300	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