Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	116% 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.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 4500 x 900 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '19 at 23:26
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 564 57% 461 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4008) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 146 Parallax 147 125% 149 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 130 Splatting 106 109% 138 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,688 Write 4,581 Mixed 4,890 1,125% 5,053 MB/s	4K Read 455 4K Write 220 4K Mixed 285 1,171% 320 MB/s	DQ Read 998 DQ Write 619 DQ Mixed 759 579% 792 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 160GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 74 56 75 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 100 Write 92 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 70.1 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.6 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 16.1 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 57%

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Gaming 81%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 67%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force - $123

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	61x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	19x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	14x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	13x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	12x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	6x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	6x
Ares DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 645 samples	4x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,001

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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