Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	54.3% 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	165% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

9 years ago, 9 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '14 at 19:55
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 120 2-Core 242 82% 181 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 481 64% 479 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 53% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E283) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.100.0.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Lighting 67.3 Reflection 61.4 Parallax 74.6 55% 67.8 fps	MRender 55.1 Gravity 58 Splatting 77 53% 63.4 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 951 Write 954 Mixed 799 201% 902 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 31.3 187% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 91.5 DQ Write 543 DQ Mixed 42 113% 225 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 849GB free Firmware: CC9F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 53808520 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 644 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 5145508 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3911 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 358 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 8590065705 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 61 36 4652139282471 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17810 (C2) HDA temperature 39 64 77309411367 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -28441273432625 (F1) Unknown 100 253 54024213166571 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14627024502238	59.6% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 109 Mixed 78.8 71% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.16 61% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 209GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172875128 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 550 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6848433 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3242 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 341 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 10 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 39 1194623828004 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8704 (C2) HDA temperature 36 61 68719476772 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -68775311309052 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16739488026 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29602626411	66.8% Good	Read 122 Write 111 Mixed 111 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.24 75% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 113%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$150 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 30GB free Firmware: 12.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 6058 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6505 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12338 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6090 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3246 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6509 (C2) HDA temperature 108 91 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 15474 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	21.7% Poor	Read 39.8 Write 35.2 Mixed 37.9 28% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.28 84% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 51%

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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	62x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	19x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $139Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16