Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.1% 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	77.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '18 at 17:34
Run Duration	330 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 227 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 582 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.1% Average	Lighting 60.7 Reflection 65.3 Parallax 57.9 49% 61.3 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 58.2 Splatting 52.4 48% 60.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 122GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 579 Write 873 Mixed 631 156% 694 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 22.6 107% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 373 DQ Mixed 79.4 134% 259 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 291%
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19014 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 68 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 162 162 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 70 62 163209609246 (F1) Unknown 100 100 518229	77.9% Very good	Read 514 Write 342 Mixed 352 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 9.63 95% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 32.5 75% 158 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 95%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 505GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 146 129 3658 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4608 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 47546 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 84 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 108 108 276646 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 28 (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 1 21442 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.3% Good	Read 103 Write 135 Mixed 108 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.17 80% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 85%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2.5TB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 147 Write 129 Mixed 99.3 155% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 59%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 203 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 142 Write 152 Mixed 72.2 152% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.23 65% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 62%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 203 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 157 Write 158 Mixed 128 188% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.23 67% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 62%
ST4000DM 004-2CV104 4TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 2TB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 129 Write 136 Mixed 33 119% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 9.61 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.46 72% 3.56 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 53%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 203 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 153 Write 140 Mixed 111 168% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.15 56% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 62%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1.5TB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 133 Write 145 Mixed 122 172% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.2 48% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 59%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 203 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 146 Write 164 Mixed 100 174% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.21 64% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1.5TB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 147 Write 145 Mixed 94.1 160% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.17 51% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 25.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 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 $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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Total price: $806

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16