Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.3% 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	124% 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	16GB 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 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160524
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '21 at 08:06
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 (93^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 230 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 641 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 496.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (119 fps cap detected)	96.3% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 119 Parallax 119 96% 119 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 119 Splatting 120 98% 119 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 190 188 186 187 182 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 1,054 Write 516 Mixed 473 SusWrite 195 123% 559 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 45 164% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 473 DQ Write 389 DQ Mixed 302 261% 388 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 332%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 159GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 431 432 438 442 441 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 472 Mixed 362 SusWrite 433 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 56.3 194% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 335 259% 354 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 721GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 432 432 438 442 441 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 478 Mixed 437 SusWrite 434 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 61.3 208% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 25.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 24.7 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 81%

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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 $179	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