Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	478% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 21:14
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 683 71% 570 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 156 Parallax 134 122% 147 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 143 Splatting 113 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Fusion-io 1.65TB ioScale2 9 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 535GB free Firmware: 7.1.13 rev 109322 Public Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 122%
Nvme INTEL SSDPED1D48 480GB 345 User benchmarks, average bench 407% 224GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	478% Outstanding	Read 5,232 Write 68.5 Mixed 139 377% 1,813 MB/s	4K Read 655 4K Write 5.85 4K Mixed 5.79 1,003% 222 MB/s
Poor: 258% ↑ This bench: 478% Great: 527%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 154568688 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5567 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 28242516 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24126 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 472 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 572194847 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 274 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8984 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 64424509471 (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 -129497558924962 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20384640607 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30426364983	74.3% Very good	Read 109 Write 149 Mixed 126 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 5.12 4K Mixed 0.46 166% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 185527440 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9415 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12927311396 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35113 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 809 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 38655295518 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 60651274269 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 467 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 30 30 141176 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 -140737488355299 (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 -37658273233889 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19810463834 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37554304557	65.1% Good	Read 119 Write 108 Mixed 103 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.12 46% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 96%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 5,796 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	8.16% Terrible	Read 31.1 Write 7.96 Mixed 9.6 16% 16.2 MB/s	4K Read 8.05 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.005 30% 2.69 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.16% Great: 9%

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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 30.2 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 29.4 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.6% 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	102x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	11x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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	13x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	10x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $716

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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