Gigabyte GA-X99-SOC Force-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	167% 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.

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-SOC Force-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160531
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '17 at 23:06
Run Duration	439 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 691 68% 557 Pts	64-Core 851 53% 851 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 69.5 Reflection 72.4 Parallax 65.1 57% 69 fps	MRender 75.3 Gravity 66 Splatting 58.2 54% 66.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1,350 Write 925 Mixed 1,004 242% 1,093 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 38.4 158% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 76.4 86% 151 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 78GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7164 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2811 (B1) Unknown 98 98 15 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 56 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1683 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17341423928	82.6% Excellent	Read 498 Write 312 Mixed 358 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 54.5 4K Mixed 25.3 118% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 66.3 82% 148 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 20GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2827 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2164 (B1) Unknown 98 98 58 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 59 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1179 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2808617285	90.2% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 429 Mixed 454 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 24.1 115% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 72.6 92% 166 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 110%
Seagate Backup+ Desktop 3TB 573 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: D702 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 160 Mixed 148 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.23 90% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 108%
Seagate FreeAgent XTreme 1TB 226 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 214GB free, PID 3101 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 40 Write 41.5 Mixed 38.8 52% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.3 53% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 20%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB 421 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 419GB free, PID a0a5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 150 Write 147 Mixed 44.5 136% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 4.03 4K Mixed 0.36 153% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 70%
USB DISK 2.0 4GB 667 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	5.04% Terrible	Read 16.4 Write 6.68 Mixed 6.09 10% 9.74 MB/s	4K Read 4.95 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.009 19% 1.66 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.04% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 37.9 114% 39.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 21.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 111%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 38%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-SOC Force-CF

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	12x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	4x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	3x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	5x
NVMe KIOXIA 256GBKbg40zns256gBench 149%, 13,282 samples	3x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	2x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	2x
BLS4G4D240FSA.8FADG 4x4GBCrucialBench 85%, 573 samples	2x
M378A1K43BB2G3A141 16GBUnknownBench 70%, 20 samples	2x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $368

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