Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	214% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '18 at 21:30
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 287 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 758 83% 655 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 81.5 Reflection 81.4 Parallax 77.2 66% 80 fps	MRender 73.1 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 75 60% 73.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,311 Write 1,181 Mixed 1,323 284% 1,272 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 66.1 224% 87.5 MB/s	DQ Read 647 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 265 241% 380 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 292%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 112GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7611 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3938 (B1) Unknown 95 95 55 (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 67 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3053 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17435608980	92.8% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 342 Mixed 341 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 23.9 134% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 67.8 113% 223 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 112GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7909 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3213 (B1) Unknown 92 92 92 (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 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 4 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2000 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28293642453	92.5% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 339 Mixed 339 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 23.6 134% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 68 114% 223 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 108%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 132 4116 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7442 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9294 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3631 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 858 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19801 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	81.3% Excellent	Read 142 Write 141 Mixed 133 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.22 108% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 87%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 441GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 120 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6852 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5460 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3852 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 245 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 44077 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 30 (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	70% Good	Read 125 Write 119 Mixed 120 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.21 109% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 25.7 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 26.3 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 46.5 86% 46.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 91%

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Gaming 81%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 67%

Battle cruiser

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 $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 $179	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