Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 26% Raft	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (3rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 97 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 9.64%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	20.5% 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	38.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '17 at 10:05
Run Duration	321 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (3^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 0.4 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	9.64% Terrible	Memory 16.6 1-Core 7.1 2-Core 10 8% 11.2 Pts	4-Core 15.1 8-Core 23.2 2% 19.2 Pts	64-Core 18.8 1% 18.8 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 9.64% 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 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.5% Poor	Lighting 5.8 Reflection 7.58 Parallax 20 5% 11.1 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 84.7 Splatting 63 51% 61.7 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 112GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 50929722205543 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 416 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 83 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 40 64427130904 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 64427130904 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 47244640257 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8093 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3064 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3064 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2393 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3407924	49.5% Average	Read 400 Write 362 Mixed 464 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 14.3 4K Mixed 8.59 35% 11.2 MB/s	DQ Read 18.7 DQ Write 21.3 DQ Mixed 7.42 9% 15.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 75%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 112GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7473 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2026 (B1) Unknown 98 98 67 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 49 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 17 (EB) Unknown 99 99 735 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23143631232	54.5% Above average	Read 450 Write 410 Mixed 452 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 15 4K Mixed 9.03 35% 11.5 MB/s	DQ Read 16.9 DQ Write 12.3 DQ Mixed 8.14 8% 12.4 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6341 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1835 (B1) Unknown 91 91 293 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 15 (EB) Unknown 99 99 128 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25461167768	38.7% Below average	Read 418 Write 200 Mixed 242 63% 287 MB/s	4K Read 8.42 4K Write 8.86 4K Mixed 6.61 26% 7.96 MB/s	DQ Read 13 DQ Write 71.5 DQ Mixed 5.6 15% 30 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 2,340 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	MC Read 3.6 MC Write 5.7 MC Mixed 3.2 12% 4.17 GB/s	SC Read 0.3 SC Write 1.4 SC Mixed 0.7 2% 0.8 GB/s	Latency 346 12% 346 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 62%

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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 $129Bench 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: $1,000

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