Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78% 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	64.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (19%). 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	16.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '19 at 08:44
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 128 2-Core 238 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 589 64% 507 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78% Very good	Lighting 99.3 Reflection 104 Parallax 95.6 81% 99.8 fps	MRender 88.4 Gravity 94.8 Splatting 83.5 72% 88.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 39 40 38 39 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 369 Write 57.5 Mixed 113 SusWrite 47.3 32% 147 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 33 117% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 92.2 DQ Mixed 149 131% 204 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 227GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 221 230 242 234 237 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 327 Write 311 Mixed 303 SusWrite 230 66% 293 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 40.3 132% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 246 185% 249 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 124%
Samsung MZNLN128HCGR-00000 128GB 476 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 82GB free Firmware: EMT2100Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 148 148 148 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 399 Write 151 Mixed 188 SusWrite 148 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 28.3 117% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 185 159% 241 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 134GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 133 133 130 133 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 104 Write 70.5 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 132 66% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 114%
Samsung G3 Station 1TB 462 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 2GB free, PID 6012 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 19.7 Write 21 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 40.9 39% 27 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 64% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C17 4x8GB 768 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.5% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 19.3 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 18.3 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 135%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming GT Builds (Compare 133 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	101x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	11x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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	12x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $730

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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