Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	41% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.2% 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	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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '17 at 15:00
Run Duration	353 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 250 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 660 69% 552 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3979) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41% Average	Lighting 47.2 Reflection 54.6 Parallax 44.2 38% 48.7 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 47.2 Splatting 54.8 46% 56.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 223GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5190 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 884 (AA) Unknown 95 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 62 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 29 100 73017131037 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 346805 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 43 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 95 100 0 (E9) Unknown 90 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 346805 (F2) Unknown 100 100 253253 (F9) Unknown 100 100 48160	88.6% Excellent	Read 482 Write 250 Mixed 319 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 24.8 146% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 54.3 94% 187 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 95%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 157GB free Firmware: M0CR060 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7362 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 229 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 71 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 53 201864511520 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6209852030 (F7) Unknown 100 100 196343262 (F8) Unknown 100 100 87477145 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1918 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	85.5% Excellent	Read 480 Write 336 Mixed 335 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 24 112% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 43.4 96% 201 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 99%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-820 240GB 5,703 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^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 1783 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1203 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 135 (B1) Unknown 0 0 55 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 82675 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 102 (E7) Temperature 98 100 33 (E9) Unknown 0 0 198 (EA) Unknown 0 0 129 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17947 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9788	85.2% Excellent	Read 425 Write 281 Mixed 334 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 28.6 130% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 19.6 83% 185 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 182 5833 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1450 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 748 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 185 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8841 (C2) HDA temperature 121 109 29 (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	84.8% Excellent	Read 161 Write 135 Mixed 140 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.27 103% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 84%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,758 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 377GB free, PID 0100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 86 Write 87.3 Mixed 51.1 93% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.17 56% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 44%
SMI 8GB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	6.36% Terrible	Read 21.6 Write 6.84 Mixed 5.76 12% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.29 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.003 27% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.36% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 63%

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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	704x
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	268x
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	52x
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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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