Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '21 at 16:38
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 200 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 484 51% 408 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.7% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 2.9 Parallax 7.3 3% 4.77 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 2.7 Splatting 5.6 4% 5.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.7% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 146 Parallax 136 116% 142 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 146 Splatting 123 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV8-CE128-11 SATA 128GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: C17110B Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 440 Write 318 Mixed 336 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 28 117% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 55.5 66% 115 MB/s
Poor: 43% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 771GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 185 190 178 183 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 175 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 184 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 1302 1866 CL10 Series 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 1302 1866 CL10 Series 32GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	46.2% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 14.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 14.1 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 73%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 38: 7R 0G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
38%	36%	28	8	6	60	21.7"	1280 720	GSM5ABB LG FULL HD

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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 $25Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16