Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics103% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1  (all builds)
Memory1.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170306
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJan 07 '19 at 21:46
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User CHE-User
Background CPU 56%

 PC Performing below expectations (39th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
69.9% Good
Memory 85.4
1-Core 82.9
2-Core 155
65% 108 Pts
4-Core 295
8-Core 440
46% 367 Pts
64-Core 530
33% 530 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 69.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Asus(1043 854B) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Lighting 147
Reflection 107
Parallax 109
120% 121 fps
MRender 90.5
Gravity 93.6
Splatting 88.7
74% 90.9 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 103%
Great: 87%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 189 193 162 164 187 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
66% Good
Read 51.2
Write 200
Mixed 46.5
SusWrite 178
86% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 0.4
120% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 66%
Great: 118%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
43.3% Average
MC Read 16.3
MC Write 14.6
MC Mixed 13.3
42% 14.7 GB/s
SC Read 11.1
SC Write 13.2
SC Mixed 13
36% 12.4 GB/s
Latency 71.7
56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 43.3%
Great: 52%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170X-GamingG1 Builds (Compare 156 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

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