Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	122% 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.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '20 at 09:34
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 399 56% 414 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1474) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.74 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.5% Average	Lighting 48 Reflection 55.4 Parallax 45 39% 49.5 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 48 Splatting 62.6 49% 59.7 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 445 443 458 459 456 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 462 Mixed 445 SusWrite 445 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 55.5 189% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 274 229% 330 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 197 196 195 197 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 162 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 196 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 881GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 158 160 159 160 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 154 Write 153 Mixed 109 SusWrite 159 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 24GB 687 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 63%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 67%

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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 $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 $178	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