Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

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System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '17 at 17:19
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 104 2-Core 208 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 417 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% PNY(196E 097A) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.1% Poor	Lighting 30.4 Reflection 30.6 Parallax 37.4 25% 32.8 fps	MRender 42 Gravity 34 Splatting 30.7 28% 35.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 875GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698548 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 359 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4668 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 355 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 359 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 359 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 193274642462 (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	83.3% Excellent	Read 164 Write 127 Mixed 111 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.03 12% 0.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 341GB free Firmware: CC56 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76464088 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1786 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 73719343322 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18348 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1729 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 74 52 437649434 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 365 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1795 (C2) HDA temperature 26 48 60129542170 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -97710505965574 (F1) Unknown 100 253 107557353184 (F2) Unknown 100 253 136823841376	86.2% Excellent	Read 155 Write 145 Mixed 134 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.23 98% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL10 Series 0467 RMR5030EF68F9W1600 1302 1600 CL10 Series 12GB 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.2% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 11.9 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 13.8 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $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	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 $40	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