Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.3% 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	199% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '19 at 10:07
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i7-6700K-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 247 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 627 67% 533 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% 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: 432.0 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 98 Reflection 113 Parallax 97.9 80% 103 fps	MRender 79.8 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 88.5 72% 88 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.3% 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% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 502 435 402 400 379 332 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1718 Write 720 Mixed 645 SusWrite 408 192% 873 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 59.4 236% 90.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,230 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 472 423% 667 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 45GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 313 314 316 315 314 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 490 Mixed 399 SusWrite 328 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 66.2 226% 81.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 51GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 313 311 311 312 311 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 456 Mixed 406 SusWrite 325 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 64.5 226% 82 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 50GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 341 376 380 381 380 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 354 Write 380 Mixed 343 SusWrite 366 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 44 144% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 218 162% 216 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 133%
Lexar Pro LRW400 -1 124GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 24GB free, PID b054 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 86 88 88 87 88 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49% Average	Read 88.3 Write 59.7 Mixed 28.7 SusWrite 85.7 85% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 6.7 436% 8.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 29.4 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 28.8 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 118%

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

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Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	118x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	18x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	24x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	5x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $139Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	5x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $866

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16