Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.6% 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	88.5% 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	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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1228 x 690 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '19 at 16:21
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 428 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% EVGA(3842 2757) 1GB CLim: 1502 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 21.2 Reflection 16.5 Parallax 15.4 17% 17.7 fps	MRender 26.1 Gravity 22.3 Splatting 19.3 18% 22.6 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 127 102 104 102 101 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 464 Write 362 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 139 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 44.1 155% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 198 178% 266 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 103%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 584GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	25.6% Poor	Read 60.5 Write 26.5 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 28.7 27% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 67%
Maxtor STM3500630AS 500GB-$80 1,461 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 124GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 65 66 65 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 45 Write 26 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 64.9 32% 42.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 43%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 8GB 914 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	7.37% Terrible	Read 18 Write 14.5 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 14.8 21% 15.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.5 37% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.37% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 16,472 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 18.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 63%

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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