Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.2% 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	284% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '17 at 05:58
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 703 75% 597 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8565) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1785 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 127 Parallax 115 99% 121 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 111 Splatting 101 85% 105 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 869GB free Firmware: EXM0 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 384 Write 406 Mixed 309 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 80.2 136% 56 MB/s
Poor: 77% Great: 124%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2,297 Write 1,333 Mixed 1,325 364% 1,651 MB/s	4K Read 56.1 4K Write 249 4K Mixed 59.3 293% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 740 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 224 249% 432 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 283%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 120GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 1,507 Write 1,241 Mixed 1,265 298% 1,338 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 231 4K Mixed 59.6 280% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 922 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 221 269% 488 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 283%
Hitachi HUS724040ALE640 4TB 1,183 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJAO Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 111 Write 107 Mixed 111 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.45 4K Mixed 0.19 51% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.3% 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 @ 3333 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 42.2 MC Mixed 33.2 108% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 47 SC Mixed 33 97% 34 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 121%

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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 59%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	118x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $245Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 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 $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: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16