Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	270% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	43.1 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '18 at 15:06
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 777 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% 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: 390.65 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7320 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1213 (B1) Unknown 98 98 32 (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 65 46 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 344 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19787289170	120% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 419 Mixed 427 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 50.7 191% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 113 144% 259 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2,642 Write 1,160 Mixed 1,336 375% 1,713 MB/s	4K Read 61.8 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 47.3 237% 88.2 MB/s	DQ Read 619 DQ Write 436 DQ Mixed 229 252% 428 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 236%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 177 6091 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1474 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7675 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 703 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 211 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6943 (C2) HDA temperature 119 101 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 42% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 9 (03) Spinup time 181 180 5925 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1464 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7675 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 704 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6997 (C2) HDA temperature 120 96 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 42% Great: 88%
ICY BOX BOX IB-3620 4TB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 3.5TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 150 Write 133 Mixed 105 160% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.27 83% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 59%
ICY BOX BOX IB-3620 4TB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 3.5TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 137 Write 143 Mixed 108 165% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.27 93% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-8GVR 029E CMK32GX4M2A2400C14 04CD F4-2400C15-8GVR 029E CMK32GX4M2A2400C14 48GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 26.4 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 27.6 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	117x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	18x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	24x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	6x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	5x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $143Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	5x

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Total price: $889

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