Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58% 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	70.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160524
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '17 at 08:13
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 258 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 694 73% 584 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1570 MHz, MLim: 1814 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58% Above average	Lighting 74.1 Reflection 73.5 Parallax 65.2 60% 70.9 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 67.7 Splatting 58.5 53% 66.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 4 256GB-$90 1,416 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11692 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1905 (E8) Unknown 100 100 22109189566 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	70.6% Very good	Read 259 Write 197 Mixed 191 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 24.6 129% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 77.3 98% 176 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 87%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 51GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 115 101541073 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 -113103668757439 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1613 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1038 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 101541073 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 101541073 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 101541073 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6586 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7326 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7326 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5021	58.5% Above average	Read 195 Write 161 Mixed 149 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 16.3 115% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 31 62% 123 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 7247416 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7343 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4561761 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2073 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 59 4849729564 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 830 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 41 41 118754 (C2) HDA temperature 28 41 -140737488355300 (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 42232413428345 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6214699989 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7575519058	101% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 167 Mixed 165 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.3 103% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 86%

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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 $177	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