Gigabyte GA-Z170X-SOC Force-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	123% 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	99.8% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-SOC Force-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160314
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '17 at 02:31
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	PAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 827 87% 696 Pts	64-Core 827 51% 827 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 193 Parallax 167 139% 177 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 164 Splatting 118 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 433GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14561 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3057 (B1) Unknown 97 97 31 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 48 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 7 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2349 (F1) Unknown 99 99 39592339119	99.8% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 350 Mixed 358 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 28.3 153% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 72.2 114% 219 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 126%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 284GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 160 160 34383331686 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4516 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22609 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3065 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5011 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5011 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 223339937829 (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 6	60.1% Good	Read 153 Write 56.3 Mixed 61.7 67% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.15 81% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 142GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 143 143 25787171079 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5187 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18608 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3056 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5569 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5569 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 223339872291 (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 0	67.1% Good	Read 138 Write 95.7 Mixed 101 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 45.9 MC Mixed 36.5 117% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 49 SC Mixed 19.6 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 107%

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Gaming 103%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 87%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-SOC Force-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	46x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	8x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	12x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	6x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $122Bench 110%, 154,399 samples	10x
540s Series 1TBIntelBench 81%, 1,702 samples	3x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	3x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GBG.SKILLBench 106%, 1,354 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GBCorsairBench 80%, 416 samples	3x
F4 DDR4 3200 C14 1x16GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 72 samples	3x

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Total price: $787

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16