Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	61.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SOC
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '17 at 19:09
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 262 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 521 69% 516 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% EVGA(3842 2678) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1789 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.19 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 36.9 Reflection 35.1 Parallax 43.2 30% 38.4 fps	Gravity 44.4 Splatting 35.7 35% 40 fps
Poor: 25% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDTR240GB-LT 240GB 370 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 94GB free Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 16 (A3) Unknown 100 100 337 (94) Unknown 100 100 3302 (95) Unknown 100 100 59 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 44 (A4) Unknown 100 100 823 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36430468546585 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5443 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6626 (F5) Unknown 100 100 4860 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6604 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	75.6% Very good	Read 479 Write 247 Mixed 266 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 24.5 103% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 13.8 69% 159 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 91%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14820804 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -139371688748150 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 811 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 172 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 51542884384 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14820804 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14820804 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14820804 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 25769803777 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7428 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7974 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7974 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14559	61.4% Good	Read 465 Write 131 Mixed 167 55% 254 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 16.2 110% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 98.8 DQ Mixed 11.8 24% 46.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 82%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 108GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5066 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10657 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28832 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4630 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 685 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10611 (C2) HDA temperature 112 92 38 (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 8 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.2% Average	Read 83.1 Write 81.1 Mixed 82.1 62% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.43 121% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-4GAO 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAO 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 24.4 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 80%

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	51x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	22x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	18x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x

SSD
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 55%, 3,028 samples	9x
CT102464BD160B.C16 4x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 804 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	7x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $480

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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