Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.9% 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	79% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 22:39
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 123 2-Core 216 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 632 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PowerColor(148C 3001) 3GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Lighting 50.9 Reflection 33.8 Parallax 64.1 42% 49.6 fps	MRender 32.1 Gravity 49.6 Splatting 41.9 34% 41.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 2500 Series 240GB-$225 2,151 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: LTVi Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2288 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1677 (AA) Unknown 98 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 289 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 24 100 51542622232 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 289 (C2) HDA temperature 24 100 51542622232 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 274135 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 76 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 98 100 0 (E9) Unknown 88 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 274135 (F2) Unknown 100 100 943228 (F9) Unknown 100 100 56009	79% Very good	Read 506 Write 222 Mixed 270 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 17.9 119% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 41.4 85% 173 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 757GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 130 116 6475 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12575 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27609 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6860 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 28 28 516270 (C2) HDA temperature 121 88 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	62.4% Good	Read 112 Write 106 Mixed 93.7 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 57%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 455GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 169 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 859 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15395 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 694 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 932 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 26 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	106% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 188 Mixed 180 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.92 4K Mixed 0.36 132% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1GX64V160K SAM 1314 992074 (997074) 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.1% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 16.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.2 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 59%

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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 $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