Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.21% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	193% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170808
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '19 at 03:04
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 281 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 831 83% 674 Pts	64-Core 822 51% 822 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6374 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.21% Terrible	Lighting 8.5 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 8.62 7% 9.82 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 7.63 Splatting 17 11% 12.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.21% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 266 254 224 765 1081 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,584 Write 173 Mixed 468 SusWrite 482 147% 677 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 58.7 232% 88.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,054 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 351 338% 556 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 283%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 212GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1054 1058 1095 1081 897 734 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 985 Write 910 Mixed 613 SusWrite 986 197% 874 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 64.4 236% 88.5 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 402 DQ Mixed 239 218% 331 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 283%
Samsung 860 Pro 1TB-$300 8,179 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 193GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 474 485 478 484 475 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 481 Mixed 455 SusWrite 479 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 45.5 182% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 197 193% 307 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 132%
Hitachi HUS724040ALE640 4TB 1,183 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 41 38 41 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 119 Write 31.8 Mixed 47.2 SusWrite 40.2 44% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 4x8GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 33.7 108% 38 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 46.4 SC Mixed 35.3 100% 35 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 121%

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Gaming 68%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	117x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	5x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $143Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	5x

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Total price: $889

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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