Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 102%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 86%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics123% 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 Drive156% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemGigabyte Z97X-SOC
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF  (all builds)
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJan 06 '19 at 23:55
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 27%
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 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
81.7% Excellent
Memory 94.8
1-Core 110
2-Core 199
79% 135 Pts
4-Core 371
8-Core 607
60% 489 Pts
64-Core 588
36% 588 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 81.7%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$383
Asus(1043 8674) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
123% Outstanding
Lighting 167
Reflection 154
Parallax 179
136% 167 fps
MRender 184
Gravity 142
Splatting 103
113% 143 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 123%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel SSDPE2ME400G4 400GB
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 8DV101H0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 426 423 436 370 281 MB/s
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
156% Outstanding
Read 755
Write 465
Mixed 442
SusWrite 397
115% 515 MB/s
4K Read 37.1
4K Write 213
4K Mixed 45.4
227% 98.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1073
DQ Write 473
DQ Mixed 664
521% 737 MB/s
Poor: 128%
This bench: 156%
Great: 176%
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB
676GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 476 481 488 487 489 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
124% Outstanding
Read 497
Write 373
Mixed 445
SusWrite 478
101% 448 MB/s
4K Read 42.4
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 54.5
193% 69.2 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 335
256% 346 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 124%
Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB
25GB free
Firmware: 0.1
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Read 88.7
Mixed 51
53% 69.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
116% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 110%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
80.2% Excellent
MC Read 29.7
MC Write 32.3
MC Mixed 25.2
83% 29.1 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 21.1
SC Mixed 21.4
57% 20.1 GB/s
Latency 57.6
69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 80.2%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 8%
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Desktop
Desktop 72%
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Workstation
Workstation 8%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $363
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