Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91% 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	306% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '19 at 23:42
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 120 2-Core 257 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 494 64% 484 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 94.3 Parallax 74.6 97% 95.8 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 101 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 289GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 980 871 871 871 876 870 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	306% Outstanding	Read 2,198 Write 1,873 Mixed 1,459 SusWrite 890 359% 1,605 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 96.6 310% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,609 DQ Write 1,392 DQ Mixed 1,484 1,117% 1,495 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 306% Great: 355%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 110GB free Firmware: LF1i SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 173 149 166 171 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 297 Write 188 Mixed 225 SusWrite 166 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 44.7 156% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 219 168% 232 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 610GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 190 191 189 190 189 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 134 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 189 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 121 121 122 121 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 126 Write 119 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 120 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB 2,267 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 33.8 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 42.8 SC Mixed 28.8 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 102%

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming GT Builds (Compare 134 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 84%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 71%

Battleship

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 $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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	10x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $716

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $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