Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Designare-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-Designare
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Designare-CF (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '20 at 04:00
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 683 67% 548 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2577 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 154 Parallax 132 117% 143 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 140 Splatting 114 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM50 250GB 12,305 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 221 165 193 224 218 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 482 Mixed 352 SusWrite 216 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 54.4 194% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 265 223% 325 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 105%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 13GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 493 Write 455 Mixed 333 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 38 150% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 164 137% 204 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 88%
Kingston SSDNow SNV Series 64GB 1,596 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 12GB free Firmware: C091126a SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 155 120 166 125 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	24.2% Poor	Read 186 Write 102 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 137 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 9.1 4K Write 15 4K Mixed 4.1 27% 9.4 MB/s	DQ Read 12.6 DQ Write 16.3 DQ Mixed 6.1 7% 11.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 28%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 218GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 65 65 65 65 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 75.5 Write 72.8 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 64.6 50% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 30.3 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 42.3 SC Mixed 30.2 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 110%

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

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Designare-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	69x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	18x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	22x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	17x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	8x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	6x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	5x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	3x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 82%, 74,390 samples	6x
TMA851U6AFR6N-UHSC Kingston 9905678-014.A00G Kingston 9905678-014.A00G Kingston 9905678-014.A00G 16GBUnknownBench 79%, 10 samples	5x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	4x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $470

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 $40	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