Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 137% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	159% 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '19 at 08:06
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 275 90% 165 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 745 75% 610 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	159% Outstanding	Lighting 222 Reflection 230 Parallax 244 181% 232 fps	MRender 268 Gravity 214 Splatting 132 160% 205 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,297 Write 7,136 Mixed 7,241 1,685% 7,558 MB/s	4K Read 502 4K Write 264 4K Mixed 328 1,320% 365 MB/s	DQ Read 1,348 DQ Write 1099 DQ Mixed 1,028 823% 1,158 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 294GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 107 106 106 106 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 121 Write 122 Mixed 110 SusWrite 105 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 85%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$56 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 157GB free Firmware: AX1E1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 104 105 105 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 85.3 Write 81.5 Mixed 31 SusWrite 104 55% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 62%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 146 145 147 147 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 137 Mixed 98.5 SusWrite 146 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C12 4x8GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 124%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	10x
GIGABYTE GP-ASM2 512GBNvmeBench 198%, 167 samples	6x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $42Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	5x
CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x16GBUnknownBench 72%, 338 samples	5x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	4x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $511

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