Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	127% 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	87.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 31 '20 at 17:21
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 97 1-Core 77 2-Core 227 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 436 50% 388 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 175 Parallax 194 146% 183 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 172 Splatting 119 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 128GB 4,859 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM02D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 175 184 177 167 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 482 Write 269 Mixed 224 SusWrite 185 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 37.9 150% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 121 124% 207 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 99%
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 0GB free Firmware: UF5100RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 440 Write 355 Mixed 309 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 39.3 4K Mixed 16.4 74% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 95.1 DQ Mixed 44.3 50% 84.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 56%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 25GB free Firmware: R010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 34 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	18.6% Very poor	Read 36.4 Write 36.5 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 36.5 8% 36.7 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 15 4K Mixed 12.4 45% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 26.7 DQ Write 25.6 DQ Mixed 20.5 17% 24.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 100%
WD WD60PURX-64LZMY0 6TB 1,184 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 852GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 88 69 87 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 120 Write 132 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 83.2 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 100%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 579GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 67 69 71 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 53.5 Write 51.5 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 68.9 40% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 60%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 251GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 83 82 74 84 84 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 86.7 Write 94.8 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 83.2 60% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 62%
Generic Mass-Storage 1GB 183 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.2 5.2 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.67% Terrible	Read 10.2 Write 4 Mixed 3.2 SusWrite 5.5 7% 5.72 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 3.67% Great: 6%
Kingston DataTraveler G3 16GB 2,114 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 1643 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 6.4 7.3 7.3 7.8 7.5 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	8.69% Terrible	Read 21 Write 17.8 Mixed 14.2 SusWrite 9.1 20% 15.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.2 87% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.69% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2B2133C9 1315 BLT4G3D21BCT1J.8FN 0215 CMY8GX3M2B2133C9 1315 BLT4G3D21BCT1J.8FN 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	67.5% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 18.3 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 23.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 80%

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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	62x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	19x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $139Bench 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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Total price: $805

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16