Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '19 at 19:13
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 707 71% 579 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% EVGA(3842 1163) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 88.8 Parallax 77.6 81% 88.5 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 80 Splatting 77.7 63% 76.1 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 120GB 3,209 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 510 Write 360 Mixed 351 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 43.6 170% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 178 143% 207 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 92%
Hitachi HTS547550A9E384 500GB-$60 23,997 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 379GB free Firmware: JE3OA50A SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 80 78 81 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 80 Write 79 Mixed 40 SusWrite 79.2 51% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 50%
Hitachi HTS542512K9SA00 120GB-$25 1,782 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 111GB free Firmware: BB2OC3JP SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 54 54 56 56 55 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 52.8 Write 54.5 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 54.3 35% 48 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 3,923 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.5 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 66%

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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 $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