Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 143% UFO	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 99.9%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	99.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	283% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

7 days ago, 7 days ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 12:26
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-6700K-$295 137,164 User benchmarks - Average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	SC Int 138 SC Float 144 SC Mixed 140 112% 140 Pts	QC Int 479 QC Float 511 QC Mixed 488 112% 493 Pts	MC Int 696 MC Float 796 MC Mixed 762 112% 752 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980 Ti-$560 46,240 User benchmarks - Average bench 99% Gigabyte(1458 36DE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1417 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Lighting 324 Reflection 283 Parallax 315 96% 308 fps	MRender 194 Gravity 288 Splatting 205 101% 229 fps
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 116%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$320 14,705 User benchmarks - Average bench 98% 474GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3756 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 694 (B1) Unknown 99 1 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 66 29 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 48 (F1) Unknown 99 99 42838241237	112% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 419 Mixed 430 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 35.5 172% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 130 151% 262 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 118%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$128 15,641 User benchmarks - Average bench 220% 194GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 2,732 Write 1,242 Mixed 1,390 392% 1,788 MB/s	4K Read 62.9 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 47.8 248% 94.3 MB/s	DQ Read 632 DQ Write 469 DQ Mixed 234 261% 445 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 265%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$44 27,703 User benchmarks - Average bench 56% 358GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 230170256 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6089 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 61504179 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2828 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 33 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 606273571 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 77309411363 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 19 230170256 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 62702227570630 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2985536701 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4177164566	64.7% Good	Read 116 Write 109 Mixed 103 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.5 107% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 69%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$30 9,883 User benchmarks - Average bench 43% 33GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 186 3583 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4431 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9377 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2336 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 461 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 42257 (C2) HDA temperature 110 92 33 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	30% Below average	Read 51.9 Write 52.4 Mixed 52 39% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.32 88% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 55%
WD Elements 1TB 9,515 User benchmarks - Average bench 25% 326GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 78.5 Write 81.4 Mixed 59.7 93% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.25 74% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C14 2x16GB 151 User benchmarks - Average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 30.2 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 33.1 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $295Bench 92%, 137,164 samples	370x
Core i5-6600KIntel $210Bench 88%, 74,083 samples	15x
Core i7-7700KIntel $295Bench 100%, 50,262 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 980 TiNvidia $560Bench 99%, 46,240 samples	111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $550Bench 127%, 74,876 samples	77x
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 63%, 181,240 samples	37x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $350Bench 223%, 18,256 samples	118x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $159Bench 97%, 88,772 samples	39x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $330Bench 177%, 15,264 samples	38x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 3x8GBG.SKILLBench 86%, 29 samples	24x
Trident Z DDR4 3000 C14 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 151 samples	16x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GBHyperX $165Bench 95%, 1,137 samples	15x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,205

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $295	Nvidia GTX 1070 $46	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $97
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $268	AMD RX 480 $410	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $120
Intel Core i5-7600K $235	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $260	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $159

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $137	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $33
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $83	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $714	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $23
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $44	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $128	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13