Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	153% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '19 at 03:58
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 109 2-Core 208 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 567 54% 445 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 185 Parallax 170 139% 175 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 167 Splatting 130 113% 138 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 4,056 User benchmarks, average bench 250% 845GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6L6QCXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 546 561 549 556 537 538 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 550 Write 489 Mixed 407 SusWrite 548 112% 498 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 64 214% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 762 DQ Write 628 DQ Mixed 871 604% 754 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 331%
Micron 1100 SATA 256GB 16,265 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 159GB free Firmware: M0DL020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 155 154 156 156 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 430 Write 298 Mixed 370 SusWrite 160 70% 315 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 35.4 146% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 303 223% 288 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 94%
Seagate ST2000DX001-SSHD-8GB 2TB 1,580 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 840GB free Firmware: CC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 188 188 184 188 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 201 Mixed 29 SusWrite 187 105% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 380% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 198 200 200 199 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 151 Mixed 82 SusWrite 199 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1866 2x8GB 1,300 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.5% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 14.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 70%

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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	713x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	474x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	212x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	272x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	127x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	116x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	73x
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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16