Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results


Gaming 140% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	166% 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	229% 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	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	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	58.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '19 at 03:49
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	50%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 110 2-Core 206 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 651 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37A9) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Lighting 237 Reflection 240 Parallax 258 193% 245 fps	MRender 260 Gravity 228 Splatting 131 161% 207 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 1353 1017 1365 1426 1414 1410 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 2,128 Write 1,374 Mixed 719 SusWrite 1,331 309% 1,388 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 34.2 130% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 563 DQ Write 471 DQ Mixed 172 223% 402 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 182%
Crucial_ CT1050MX30 981GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 0GB free Firmware: M0CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 287 328 330 325 319 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 474 Mixed 318 SusWrite 318 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 38.4 141% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 194 162% 229 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 0GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 160 174 174 177 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 184 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 173 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 0GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 171 169 171 163 178 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 151 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 173 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 259F 2TB 3,542 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 0GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 78 84 82 84 84 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 68.2 Write 69.3 Mixed 44.6 SusWrite 82.3 90% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 44%
Lenovo USB Hard Drive 2TB 349 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 0GB free, PID 4533 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 80 86 86 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 83.5 Write 84.5 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 85.4 102% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 49%
SanDisk Ultra T C 32GB 183 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 0GB free, PID 5596 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 146 Write 101 Mixed 112 146% 120 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 4.2 290% 4.57 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 579 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.7% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 17.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 125%

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

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	118x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	5x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $139Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	5x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16