Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98% 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	188% 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	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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '18 at 19:34
Run Duration	449 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 652 65% 527 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3360) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 136 Parallax 130 102% 130 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 122 Splatting 103 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,880 Write 915 Mixed 1,154 290% 1,317 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 33.9 171% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 43.7 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 145 111% 145 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 283%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$94 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3TB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 159 159 42973790667 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 733 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3806 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 591 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2437 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2437 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 236224184353 (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	94.1% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 155 Mixed 144 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 4.04 4K Mixed 0.62 181% 1.86 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 111%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$94 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1TB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 175 175 42971693471 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 758 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3829 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 592 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 947 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 947 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 223339282465 (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	72.1% Very good	Read 125 Write 126 Mixed 119 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.54 120% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 111%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 1TB 4,921 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 931GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 111 Write 109 Mixed 96.7 135% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.4 41% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 49%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 26GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 42.6 Write 10.8 Mixed 11.5 21% 21.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.07 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.19 57% 2.66 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 28%
General USB Flash Disk 4GB 1,028 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 800b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	3.65% Terrible	Read 12.9 Write 3.57 Mixed 7.03 8% 7.84 MB/s	4K Read 4.18 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.006 16% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.65% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3866 C18 4x4GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.6% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 19.8 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 123%

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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