Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.9% 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	186% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SOC
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 10:04
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 620 65% 523 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E270) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Lighting 39.1 Reflection 35 Parallax 46.8 32% 40.3 fps	MRender 30.8 Gravity 32.4 Splatting 40.6 29% 34.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,267 Write 971 Mixed 1,065 245% 1,101 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 42.2 193% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 519 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 158 183% 322 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 236%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 93GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8791488 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -18365280138688 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3466 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1099 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 77 30069817372 (C2) HDA temperature 28 77 30069817372 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8791488 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8791488 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8791488 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19794 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19337 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19337 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23158	66.3% Good	Read 480 Write 140 Mixed 208 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 14.2 110% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 44.3 63% 118 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 153GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 77 160616114 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3841 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 810204505 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25295 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 11828 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 39 656408615 (C2) HDA temperature 39 61 47244640295 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 50 51124602 (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	33.2% Below average	Read 58.6 Write 56.9 Mixed 61.8 45% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.28 71% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 102GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 169171346 (03) Spinup time 97 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3134 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 4095 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 188534361 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 45363 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 10 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3110 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 805 (BE) vendor-specific 67 48 588972065 (C2) HDA temperature 33 52 30064771105 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 19 169171346 (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 129162551537959 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1277554288 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3365455344	48.8% Average	Read 74.6 Write 95.5 Mixed 74.4 61% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.31 74% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 70%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA360 320GB 4,752 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 86GB free Firmware: V54OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 5 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 111 111 25791627601 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5343 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 50006 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5244 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 7145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 7145 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 240518365221 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	38.1% Below average	Read 67.3 Write 65.3 Mixed 63.5 49% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.27 81% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 40%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 74GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 73 22659085 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2915 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 873833170 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2951 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 45 605880356 (C2) HDA temperature 36 55 42949672996 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 54 199068995 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	32.5% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 48.9 Mixed 45.3 40% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.15 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.33 63% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 22GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 93 67693800 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 69 69 32516 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 249954977 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 55888 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 70 70 31689 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 47 605814820 (C2) HDA temperature 36 53 47244640292 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 70 59 90291157 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	37.9% Below average	Read 71.5 Write 60.4 Mixed 54.8 47% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.26 82% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	52.5% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 17.6 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 88%

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 54%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	51x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	22x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	18x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x

SSD
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 55%, 3,028 samples	9x
CT102464BD160B.C16 4x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 804 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	7x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $480

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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