Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.4% 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)
Boot Drive	103% 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	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.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SOC
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '18 at 03:00
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 223 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 698 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Lighting 62.4 Reflection 55.5 Parallax 73.2 51% 63.7 fps	MRender 55.5 Gravity 50.4 Splatting 71.3 50% 59.1 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST2000DM006-2DM164 256GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0919A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2413 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 283 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 66 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 96994 (A5) Unknown 100 100 135 (A6) Unknown 100 100 33 (A7) Unknown 100 100 93 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 330 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 112 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 61 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 386278 (F2) Unknown 100 100 578787 (F5) Unknown 100 100 775952	103% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 463 Mixed 481 109% 487 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 30.1 152% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 29.3 64% 135 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 26142688 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1217 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6009560 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5718 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 51 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 51 723058720 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33478 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 77309411360 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -56989921048133 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3173801891 (F2) Unknown 100 253 57563252261	87.9% Excellent	Read 179 Write 128 Mixed 157 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 250GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 38.1 Write 27.8 Mixed 32.5 41% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.16 59% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 45%
WD Elements 1078 750GB 552 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 149GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 37.4 Write 33.2 Mixed 35.4 45% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.21 57% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 43%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 106GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 59.8 Write 65.3 Mixed 56.4 78% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.12 54% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.5 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 63%

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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 64%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16