Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SOC
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '19 at 17:26
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 258 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 692 76% 600 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 91.6 Parallax 152 86% 116 fps	MRender 89.7 Gravity 111 Splatting 129 92% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST2000DM006-2DM164 256GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0919A SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 452 315 461 290 429 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 514 Write 458 Mixed 333 SusWrite 384 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 52.2 177% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 192 171% 257 MB/s
Poor: 90% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 415GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 106 107 106 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 136 Write 94 Mixed 76 SusWrite 105 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.5% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 18.9 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 22.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 63%

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

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Typical GA-Z97X-SOC-CF Builds (Compare 148 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 64%

Destroyer

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 $269	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 $40	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