Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	134% 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	98.8% 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	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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z97X-SOC
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '22 at 02:11
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 (94^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 213 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 371 48% 364 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.6% 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: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 176 Parallax 167 157% 178 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 134 Splatting 119 115% 144 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 136%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$64 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 253GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 302 360 367 358 353 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 422 Write 304 Mixed 328 SusWrite 322 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 39.3 150% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 266 226% 332 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 130%

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 @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 9.8 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 10.5 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 34%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	54x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	22x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	19x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	19x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $363

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $48

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16