Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.2% 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	93.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 17:41
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 281 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 742 79% 631 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 138 Parallax 115 103% 127 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 125 Splatting 106 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 129 129 113 124 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 456 Mixed 264 SusWrite 133 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 44.8 172% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 246 197% 276 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 93%
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$30 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 101GB free Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 170 65 65 66 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 478 Write 356 Mixed 335 SusWrite 137 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 34.2 151% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 169 154% 230 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 91%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 145GB free Firmware: SM28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 63 63 63 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 96.8 Write 99.5 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 63.1 59% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2 386% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 65%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 50GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 72 72 73 73 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 81.3 Write 44 Mixed 52 SusWrite 72.8 46% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 844GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 175 174 174 176 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 219 Write 160 Mixed 110 SusWrite 175 122% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.3 258% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-2133 4x4GB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 21.9 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 26 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,001

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