Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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	247% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	50 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '19 at 21:13
Run Duration	291 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 76.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 216 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 622 60% 496 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 106 Parallax 95.5 130% 120 fps	MRender 84 Gravity 88.7 Splatting 70.3 65% 81 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1277 1388 1395 1400 1374 1380 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 1,809 Write 1,358 Mixed 713 SusWrite 1369 293% 1,312 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 53 184% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,177 DQ Write 378 DQ Mixed 441 413% 665 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 283%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 218GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 617 701 707 701 665 668 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 724 Write 679 Mixed 660 SusWrite 676 154% 685 MB/s	4K Read 54.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 68.7 228% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 841 DQ Write 782 DQ Mixed 1,155 772% 926 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 372%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 882GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 673 679 678 675 713 698 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 738 Write 698 Mixed 675 SusWrite 686 158% 699 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 68.8 225% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 828 DQ Write 741 DQ Mixed 1,126 751% 899 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 372%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 380GB free Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1022 1033 1033 1027 1095 1069 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,240 Write 1,033 Mixed 732 SusWrite 1,046 227% 1,013 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 53.1 194% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,237 DQ Write 404 DQ Mixed 463 435% 702 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 283%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 144 139 145 143 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 161 Write 163 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 142 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.3 224% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 97%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 96 104 107 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 150 Write 149 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 103 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.3 224% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 97%
SanDisk Cruzer 4GB 834 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 4GB free, PID 5406 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 6.9 6.9 7 6.8 6.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	7.34% Terrible	Read 28.5 Write 4 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 6.7 11% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.34% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x16GB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 22.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 86.9 46% 86.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 122%

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

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Typical GA-Z170X-GamingG1 Builds (Compare 156 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	117x
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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	5x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $139Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	5x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $879

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