Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	130% 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	114% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SOC
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '22 at 06:27
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 110 2-Core 210 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 388 52% 388 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Zotac(19DA 9617) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	130% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 168 Parallax 160 151% 171 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 130 Splatting 111 112% 141 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$80 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 434GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 288 339 345 350 347 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 433 Mixed 410 SusWrite 314 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 58.8 192% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 130%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 10GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 2,851 Mixed 10.2 946% 1,430 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 86% 7.73 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 729 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 8.5 26% 9.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 8.9 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 34%

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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 54%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	52x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	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