Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '19 at 04:37
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 250 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 688 66% 546 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 116 Parallax 99.5 91% 109 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 240GB-$99 690 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 170 176 158 164 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 331 Write 204 Mixed 263 SusWrite 167 54% 241 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 41.8 158% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 142 136% 214 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 91%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 498GB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 36GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 371 392 404 396 407 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 363 Write 211 Mixed 278 SusWrite 394 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 31 117% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 288 234% 332 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 105 109 109 109 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 142 Write 153 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 106 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 106%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 52GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 68 68 69 68 68 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 96.5 Write 96.2 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 68 59% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 1,383 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	68.3% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 19.2 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 24.1 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 72%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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