Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results


Gaming 148% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	208% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	55.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '18 at 05:16
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-6700K-$310 270,887 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	SC Int 121 SC Float 128 SC Mixed 124 99% 124 Pts	QC Int 395 QC Float 451 QC Mixed 442 97% 429 Pts	MC Int 580 MC Float 681 MC Mixed 645 95% 635 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti-$1,270 16,882 User benchmarks, average bench 200% EVGA(3842 2487) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Lighting 649 Reflection 550 Parallax 760 213% 653 fps	MRender 482 Gravity 599 Splatting 313 205% 465 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 235%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$133 3,427 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 266GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 187 188 191 190 191 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 338 Write 293 Mixed 234 SusWrite 188 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 29.4 97% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 163 128% 178 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 107%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 3,126 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 269GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 333 339 339 339 323 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 455 Write 299 Mixed 183 SusWrite 335 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 26 122% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 65.8 106% 210 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 97%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 1,426 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 438GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 735 775 674 678 342 306 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 1,045 Write 754 Mixed 663 SusWrite 585 170% 762 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 50.3 178% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 550 DQ Mixed 404 323% 447 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 415%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$474 2,247 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 174 177 177 178 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 238 Mixed 116 SusWrite 176 134% 183 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 396% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 122%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 256GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 238GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 126 126 129 129 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 122 Write 114 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 127 136% 102 MB/s	4K Read 8.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.9 137% 3.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB-$750 510 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled	73.6% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 25.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 179%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds (explanation by AdoredTV).

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Typical GA-Z170X-GamingG1 Builds (Compare 432 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 96%

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Desktop 111%

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Workstation 79%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $310Bench 88%, 270,887 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $374Bench 96%, 225,039 samples	62x
Core i5-6600KIntel $237Bench 85%, 176,089 samples	13x

GPU
GTX 980 TiNvidia $480Bench 96%, 102,937 samples	89x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 123%, 366,495 samples	81x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 151%, 283,614 samples	71x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $544Bench 224%, 28,266 samples	67x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 199%, 126,726 samples	26x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 290,212 samples	21x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3000 C14 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 396 samples	15x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $120Bench 91%, 43,460 samples	12x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 97%, 2,222 samples	11x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,334

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $360	Nvidia GTX 1070 $336	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $78
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $149	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $90
Intel Core i5-8600K $259	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $115	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $750	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $41	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $126	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12