Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	80.6% 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	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 9 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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	17.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '17 at 14:27
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$183 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 214 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 472 54% 421 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9257 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 60 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 137 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262155 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 970	80.6% Excellent	Read 512 Write 329 Mixed 346 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 10.3 109% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 16.8 66% 148 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 91%
Seagate SkyHawk 6TB (2016)-$143 139 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 66 92107488 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8232736 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 107060649787425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (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 53 48 874774575 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 134 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 47 52 133143986223 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 18 92107488 (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 -48546015346656 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1138943731 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3610732
Poor: 10% Great: 108%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$73 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 179 7666 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 19 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1926 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 12 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	60.6% Good	Read 109 Write 102 Mixed 99.5 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 100%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 457GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 92 45066214 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1145 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 51 42 4041706210441 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 191 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 181 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 61 49 723517479 (C2) HDA temperature 39 51 51539607591 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 15 45066214 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 39522289073760 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3928276424 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2236322046	48.4% Average	Read 90.3 Write 78.2 Mixed 76.5 61% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.34 80% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 61%
Maxtor 6Y080M0 82GB-$60 722 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 39GB free Firmware: YAR5 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 41.5 Write 39.6 Mixed 38.2 30% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.37 95% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 32GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.4% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 17.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns

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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 $37
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