Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.7% 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	102% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	23.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '18 at 14:43
Run Duration	649 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 92.5 2-Core 187 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 723 65% 548 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 137 Parallax 133 84% 125 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 138 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 480GB 4,519 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 299GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF042C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 880 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 179 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 79 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 87 (BE) vendor-specific 38 52 107377590310 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 162163 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 162163 (F2) Unknown 100 100 88835 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1983 (FC) Unknown 100 100 6	102% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 458 Mixed 459 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 39.4 140% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 77.4 100% 178 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 95%
Intel 540s Series 480GB 4,519 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 210GB free Firmware: LSF042C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 41 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 38 47 107377262630 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 14258 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14258 (F2) Unknown 100 100 26785 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1055 (FC) Unknown 100 100 2	100% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 458 Mixed 455 104% 468 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 38.8 136% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 90.2 108% 188 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 95%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 119GB free Firmware: 01H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,966 Write 964 Mixed 1,331 313% 1,420 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 239 4K Mixed 52.5 260% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 494 DQ Write 430 DQ Mixed 214 228% 379 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 230%
USB DISK Pro 0GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 1620 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	2.31% Terrible	Read 7.02 Write 1.63 Mixed 2.65 4% 3.77 MB/s	4K Read 3.39 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.05 16% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.31% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 23.7 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 94%

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Gaming 84%

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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	10x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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