Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Designare-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	121% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-Designare
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Designare-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170823
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '20 at 11:57
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 782 77% 629 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 180 Parallax 189 134% 178 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 171 Splatting 116 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: SC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 112 147 158 160 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 167 Write 148 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 140 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 100%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 155 153 157 157 157 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 7.5 Write 134 Mixed 8.2 SusWrite 149 54% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.3 71% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 100%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100V 1TB 2,427 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 931GB free Firmware: AX001Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 111 111 112 111 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 110 65% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.4 82% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 63%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100V 1TB 2,427 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 931GB free Firmware: AX001Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 110 111 112 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 107 Write 108 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 110 68% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 24 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 25.5 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

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 $242Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $470

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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) $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