Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	99.4% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '16 at 17:40
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (82^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 259 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 671 70% 561 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CF) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 109 Reflection 102 133% 106 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ts512gss D370S 512GB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: N111 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (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 100 100 871 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 830 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 38 (A3) Unknown 100 100 31 (A4) Unknown 100 100 12672 (A5) Unknown 100 100 29 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 54 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 29301 (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 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 116221 (F2) Unknown 100 100 115695 (F5) Unknown 100 100 202752	99.4% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 391 Mixed 453 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 36 147% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 69 102% 189 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 110%
Samsun SM841 2.5" 256GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 238GB free Firmware: DXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2502 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 144 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9152 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19792896039 (F2) Unknown 99 99 25200619325	96.4% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 424 Mixed 482 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 21.4 133% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 69.5 110% 209 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 96%
WD WD20EZRX-00D8PB0 2TB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 172 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3625 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2816 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1905 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 258 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 44064 (C2) HDA temperature 102 91 45 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	78.1% Very good	Read 135 Write 137 Mixed 130 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.28 117% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 21.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 115%

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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 $140Bench 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: 80% - Very good

Total price: $806

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) $31	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