Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	162% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160524
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '18 at 18:39
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 98.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 676 67% 548 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 190 Parallax 174 140% 179 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 176 Splatting 126 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 689 726 753 774 775 737 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 1,059 Write 846 Mixed 540 SusWrite 742 178% 797 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 47.6 162% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 477 DQ Write 594 DQ Mixed 346 314% 472 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 332%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 71GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 408 418 423 422 428 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 463 Mixed 348 SusWrite 415 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 59.6 205% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 334 259% 354 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
VendorCo ProductCode 8GB 4,860 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 5678 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	2.54% Terrible	Read 9 Write 8.3 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 3.7 9% 6.93 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.54% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 28 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 25.8 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 24.9 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 45.7 88% 45.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 88%

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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	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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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