Gigabyte GA-Z170X-SOC Force-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	332% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-SOC Force
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-SOC Force-CF (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '17 at 04:42
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 158 2-Core 314 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 862 89% 719 Pts	64-Core 854 53% 854 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2614 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 672 User benchmarks, average bench 308% 481GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	332% Outstanding	Read 2,921 Write 2,391 Mixed 2,887 610% 2,733 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 36.2 187% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 46.6 DQ Write 595 DQ Mixed 32.7 111% 225 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 332% Great: 407%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 149GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7852 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 748 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 61 50 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 54 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3173158299
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 221235664 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1093 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 53 25771533634 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11149 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1257 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 63 53 756613157 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 809 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 64 64 73689 (C2) HDA temperature 37 47 64424509477 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -124047245437695 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23090106891 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3972333615	102% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 178 Mixed 160 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.31 94% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GB 785 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 31.4 104% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.6 SC Write 44 SC Mixed 31.9 96% 33.5 GB/s	Latency 46.7 86% 46.7 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 130%

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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	44x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 110%, 154,399 samples	10x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	3x
CS2230 500GB SSDPNYBench 241%, 159 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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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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