Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '17 at 00:38
Run Duration	427 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 501 67% 500 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 116 Parallax 115 90% 114 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 102 Splatting 94 79% 96.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2493 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2315 (B1) Unknown 94 94 63 (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 67 56 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 988 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1131 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19468003080	65.3% Good	Read 512 Write 157 Mixed 193 62% 287 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 13.1 113% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 13.5 27% 50.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 85%
WD My Passport 071A 750GB 144 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 2GB free, PID 071a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 34.7 Write 31.5 Mixed 9.6 30% 25.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.12 40% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 18%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 9,902 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.94% Terrible	Read 25.8 Write 2.84 Mixed 4.69 10% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.44 4K Write 0.001 4K Mixed 0.002 9% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.94% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 27.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 26.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 86%

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Gaming 81%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 67%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force - $123

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	61x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	19x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,001

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16