Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics111% 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 Drive117% 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force  (all builds)
Memory4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit väriä, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150919
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateJan 01 '20 at 14:32
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User FIN-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (95th 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 (99th percentile)
88% Excellent
Memory 96.6
1-Core 115
2-Core 226
84% 146 Pts
4-Core 434
8-Core 589
65% 512 Pts
64-Core 594
37% 594 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 88%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.3
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Lighting 141
Reflection 114
Parallax 254
115% 170 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 131
Splatting 154
110% 132 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 111%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0BB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 397 410 417 416 416 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
117% Outstanding
Read 451
Write 439
Mixed 362
SusWrite 420
94% 418 MB/s
4K Read 40
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 53.2
183% 65.2 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 250
218% 325 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 117%
Great: 126%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 499GB
77GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 160 161 161 162 162 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
93.8% Outstanding
Read 165
Write 163
Mixed 93.5
SusWrite 162
107% 146 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.1
224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 25%
This bench: 93.8%
Great: 96%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C6 4x2GB
4 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
62.4% Good
MC Read 21.9
MC Write 22.2
MC Mixed 19.2
60% 21.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.5
SC Write 21.6
SC Mixed 19.1
54% 19.1 GB/s
Latency 51.7
77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 62.4%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97X-SOC Force Builds (Compare 115 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $1,001
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