Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Designare-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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	106% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-Designare
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Designare-CF (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170823
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '18 at 00:27
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 268 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 748 78% 627 Pts	64-Core 757 47% 757 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB; MSI DUKE GTX 1080 ti CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 192 Parallax 178 153% 186 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 179 Splatting 120 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 77 78 84 78 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 488 Mixed 321 SusWrite 118 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 57.2 201% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 342 263% 358 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
D2RSTK251E19-0400 400GB 198 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 26GB free Firmware: 3.22E SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 162 132 117 142 158 MB/s Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.7% Above average	Read 257 Write 214 Mixed 218 SusWrite 155 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 21 4K Mixed 22.3 86% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 96.8 DQ Mixed 104 84% 120 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 68%
D2CSTK251M3T-0240 240GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 58GB free Firmware: 2.50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 212 212 213 213 211 MB/s Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	80.1% Excellent	Read 251 Write 230 Mixed 226 SusWrite 213 52% 230 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 44.9 158% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 178 135% 180 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 89%
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 21GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 447 457 461 462 465 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 299 Write 21.3 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 452 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 43.1 138% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 180 179% 285 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 66GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 405 318 269 214 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 488 Mixed 414 SusWrite 302 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 65.3 221% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 42GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 87 88 90 87 88 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	62% Good	Read 128 Write 137 Mixed 75 SusWrite 88.3 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 31.6 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 32.1 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Designare-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	69x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	18x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	22x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	17x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	8x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	6x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	5x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	3x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 82%, 74,390 samples	6x
TMA851U6AFR6N-UHSC Kingston 9905678-014.A00G Kingston 9905678-014.A00G Kingston 9905678-014.A00G 16GBUnknownBench 79%, 10 samples	5x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	4x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $470

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16