Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


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 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% 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	56.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '16 at 05:00
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 740 79% 628 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 157 Parallax 132 124% 147 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 148 Splatting 114 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 480GB-$200 235 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9615710 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -119511759978496 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 40 60132163612 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 60132163612 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9615710 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9615710 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9615710 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 51539607553 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4	56.1% Above average	Read 504 Write 196 Mixed 237 68% 313 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 14.8 4K Mixed 14.3 66% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 62.8 DQ Mixed 35.6 43% 76.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 59%
Hitachi HDS723015BLA642 1.5TB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 350GB free Firmware: MN5OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 141 141 21503541624 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3565 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 133 133 27 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3931 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2061 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3568 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3568 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 210454183961 (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 200 200 1364086	45.8% Average	Read 79 Write 80.4 Mixed 65.8 56% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.28 77% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 29.4 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 31.5 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 106%

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Gaming 68%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	117x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	18x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	24x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	6x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	5x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $143Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	5x

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Value: 50% - Above average

Total price: $889

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