Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	128% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SOC
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '19 at 19:36
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (82^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 96.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 454 50% 395 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 113 Parallax 111 90% 111 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 80.8 74% 91.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 433 389 282 281 282 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 491 Mixed 462 SusWrite 350 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 65.7 223% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 361 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 128%
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 85GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 400 401 412 413 412 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 417 Mixed 306 SusWrite 407 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 41.4 161% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 66.3 127% 255 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 104%
Kingston RBU-SC100S37128GD 128GB 1,846 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 71GB free Firmware: S8FM06.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 345 340 344 344 344 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 504 Write 349 Mixed 244 SusWrite 344 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 23.3 118% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 70.6 83% 141 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,409 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 24.1 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 104%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 54%

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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 $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