Gigabyte GA-Z170X-SOC Force-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-SOC Force
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-SOC Force-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170105
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '17 at 00:57
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 692 73% 586 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.11.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 65.3 Parallax 102 63% 81.4 fps	MRender 64.1 Gravity 63.6 Splatting 81.6 58% 69.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8821179 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11527692222571 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 108 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 46 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 44 51542491161 (C2) HDA temperature 25 44 51542491161 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8821179 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8821179 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8821179 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294962344 (EA) Unknown 0 0 357 (F1) Unknown 0 0 357 (F2) Unknown 0 0 157 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4325417	68% Good	Read 440 Write 200 Mixed 229 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 13.7 122% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 12.5 29% 56.5 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 84%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 1.5TB 770 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 1.5TB free, PID 5071 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 42.1 Write 41.3 Mixed 18.1 41% 33.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.39 62% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 26.6 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 86%

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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	45x
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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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