Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SOC
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF (all builds)
Memory	19.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '19 at 14:26
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (52^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 258 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 680 72% 574 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 80.4 Reflection 84.5 Parallax 75.5 66% 80.1 fps	MRender 78.6 Gravity 74 Splatting 67.2 59% 73.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,902 Write 1,238 Mixed 500 266% 1,213 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 59.6 209% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 997 DQ Write 783 DQ Mixed 712 581% 831 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 328GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 471 475 482 435 277 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 483 Mixed 460 SusWrite 433 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 62.5 215% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 129%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 213GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 51 51 52 51 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 81 Write 83 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 51.3 54% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 67%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 125GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 75 75 73 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 86 Write 83.5 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 73.7 54% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 24GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.4% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 16.6 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.4% 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 $295	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