Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 56%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 48%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall 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.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at 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 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.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force  (all builds)
Memory9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140529
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateAug 13 '18 at 23:38
Run Duration135 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
86.4% Excellent
Memory 92.4
1-Core 116
2-Core 260
86% 156 Pts
4-Core 434
8-Core 671
68% 552 Pts
64-Core 672
42% 672 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 86.4%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199
CLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
62.4% Good
Lighting 80.1
Reflection 28.5
Parallax 106
65% 71.4 fps
MRender 57
Gravity 76.5
Splatting 72.5
57% 68.7 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 62.4%
Great: 62%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
29GB free
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 142 140 137 133 131 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 443
Write 430
Mixed 369
SusWrite 170
79% 353 MB/s
4K Read 43.6
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 62.3
209% 75 MB/s
DQ Read 340
DQ Write 328
DQ Mixed 326
247% 332 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 108%
Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68
254GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 136 138 139 137 139 MB/s
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Read 163
Write 171
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 138
97% 133 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 2.6
438% 3 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB
4.5TB free, PID 3312
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 26 26 26 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
25% Poor
Read 26
Write 23.3
Mixed 23.7
SusWrite 26
34% 24.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 0.8
200% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 25%
Great: 77%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CL9-10-9 D3-1866 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
56.7% Above average
MC Read 20.6
MC Write 19.9
MC Mixed 16.6
54% 19 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 21.6
SC Mixed 19.3
54% 19.1 GB/s
Latency 63.2
63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 56.7%
Great: 73%

 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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