Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.5% 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)
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '19 at 18:25
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 244 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 496 67% 500 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Lighting 70.4 Reflection 70.9 Parallax 62.4 57% 67.9 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 64.8 Splatting 56.8 52% 64.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 508 Write 491 Mixed 384 103% 461 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 62.9 221% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 700GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 81 81 80 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 89.5 Write 91 Mixed 62 SusWrite 79.4 59% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 68%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 147 147 148 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 118 Write 138 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 147 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 134% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.8 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 62%

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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 81%

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Desktop 84%

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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 $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