Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	40% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '17 at 10:42
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 97.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 415 53% 402 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 3006) 3GB CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	40% Below average	Lighting 52.1 Reflection 34.8 Parallax 64.9 42% 50.6 fps	MRender 33.2 Gravity 51 Splatting 43.3 35% 42.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (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 9148 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1979 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1895 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 206033 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 422048 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 134898874 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 206033 (F2) Unknown 100 100 164093	42.3% Average	Read 246 Write 132 Mixed 147 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 26.8 4K Mixed 16.2 66% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 55.3 DQ Mixed 32.5 42% 76.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 48%
Seagate ST9160821AS 160GB-$60 3,340 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 148GB free Firmware: 3.AXC Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1790 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 55 53 55838729355 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 633 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1105 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 45 437846042 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1027 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7511 (C2) HDA temperature 26 55 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 84 60 18870144 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	25.1% Poor	Read 43.5 Write 43.9 Mixed 41.7 32% 43 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.28 65% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 24%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1TB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 89.1 Write 88.8 Mixed 74.6 107% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.21 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-2400 2x4GB 1,026 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 25.7 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 24 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 47.1 85% 47.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 82%

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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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Total price: $1,001

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 $182	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) $30	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