Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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	80.7% 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-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '17 at 19:20
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 274 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 768 79% 638 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 197 Parallax 190 148% 189 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 175 Splatting 124 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Triactor 480GB-$150 1,840 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 208GB free Firmware: O1126A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 411 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1249 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 124 (A3) Unknown 100 100 47 (A4) Unknown 100 100 21282 (A5) Unknown 100 100 36 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 44 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 88 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 313 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 274381 (F2) Unknown 100 100 422732 (F5) Unknown 100 100 170256	67.4% Good	Read 362 Write 218 Mixed 213 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 20.8 108% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 48 70% 133 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 99%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3500 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 386 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 66 (AE) Unknown 100 100 81 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 35 279173791791 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 16456537719 (F7) Unknown 100 100 516471373 (F8) Unknown 100 100 221806181 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1225 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	80.7% Excellent	Read 483 Write 282 Mixed 309 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 24 116% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 34.9 77% 158 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 108GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7200 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1222 (B1) Unknown 96 96 71 (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 47 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 5 (EB) Unknown 99 99 184 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16316075030	116% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 412 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 45.2 186% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 107 138% 248 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 16 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13367 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 51736325816 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 22870 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3675 (B4) Unknown 100 100 74368909 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 73016344621 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 45 4799594525 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14619 (C2) HDA temperature 29 55 -140737488355299 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 3 16 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	76.6% Very good	Read 135 Write 132 Mixed 119 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.77 134% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 75%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 530GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2539 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 3961 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 877 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 38360 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 219044249625 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	70.2% Very good	Read 125 Write 119 Mixed 121 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 75%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 235GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 43 (03) Spinup time 172 170 4383 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3561 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22868 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1637 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 654 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2906 (C2) HDA temperature 112 95 35 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3	76.2% Very good	Read 159 Write 107 Mixed 104 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.41 112% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 20.6 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 22.8 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 49.7 81% 49.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 104%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 71%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	101x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	11x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	16x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	16x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	10x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	10x
GIGABYTE GP-ASM2 512GBNvmeBench 198%, 167 samples	6x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $41Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	5x
CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x16GBUnknownBench 72%, 338 samples	5x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	4x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $730

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