Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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.
Boot Drive	104% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 22:22
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 280 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 754 80% 641 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 198 Parallax 176 152% 187 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 175 Splatting 121 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST2000DM001-9YN164 1TB 180GB free Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2777 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 406 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7995493 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 63 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1123 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 61 261994119195 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 120260001820 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1695 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1954 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1824 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2183 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	110% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 473 Mixed 440 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 29.7 162% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 55.2 110% 224 MB/s

Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2792 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 408 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 71 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2573 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 58 180389806113 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11512227158 (F7) Unknown 100 100 360066570 (F8) Unknown 100 100 338112986	104% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 398 Mixed 413 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 35.8 150% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 66.9 114% 223 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%
Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER164 1TB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 585GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 467 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 651 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 121 (A3) Unknown 100 100 78 (A4) Unknown 100 100 28471 (A5) Unknown 100 100 34 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 14 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 52839 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 271299 (F2) Unknown 100 100 268554 (F5) Unknown 100 100 455536
Poor: 56% Great: 109%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 606GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 101 Write 108 Mixed 75.4 120% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.23 79% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 252 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.9 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 28.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 126%

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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 $245Bench 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: 75% - Very good

Total price: $846

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16