Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	72.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '18 at 03:05
Run Duration	89 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 622 66% 527 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 26987108 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -120456652775409 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1472 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 77 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 37 94491705376 (C2) HDA temperature 32 37 94491705376 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 26987108 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 26987108 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 26987108 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 42949672961 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12494 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6958 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6958 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6136 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3211308	72.2% Very good	Read 499 Write 225 Mixed 286 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 15.9 124% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 15.3 27% 50.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 533GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 225594877 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6558 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 54 1017985366882 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9417 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1932 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 589037603 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 103079215139 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 14 225594877 (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 -65412351902844 (F1) Unknown 100 253 66989137 (F2) Unknown 100 253 232571356	58.9% Above average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 91.7 74% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.5 109% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 2,577 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	69.2% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 23 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 75%

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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	62x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	19x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $140Bench 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: 80% - Very good

Total price: $806

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16