Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics106% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force  (all builds)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150919
Uptime2.4 Days
Run DateApr 16 '17 at 02:40
Run Duration120 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
79.5% Very good
Memory 91.1
1-Core 112
2-Core 220
81% 141 Pts
4-Core 366
8-Core 592
59% 479 Pts
64-Core 580
36% 580 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 79.5%
Great: 80%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
3.71% Terrible
Lighting 3.87
Reflection 6
Parallax 6.25
3% 5.37 fps
MRender 7.57
Gravity 2.47
Splatting 7.17
5% 5.74 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.71%
Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Lighting 139
Reflection 149
Parallax 128
113% 139 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 136
Splatting 109
97% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 106%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
455GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
97.6% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 157
Mixed 153
124% 165 MB/s
4K Read 0.65
4K Write 1.46
4K Mixed 0.17
73% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 97.6%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
32.4% Below average
MC Read 10.7
MC Write 10.9
MC Mixed 9.1
29% 10.2 GB/s
SC Read 9.3
SC Write 10.1
SC Mixed 10.4
28% 9.93 GB/s
Latency 65.7
61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 32.4%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z97X-SOC Force Builds (Compare 115 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force - $123

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $1,001
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