Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.2% 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	114% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200722
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '21 at 20:06
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 74.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 190 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 555 61% 482 Pts	64-Core 529 33% 529 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.7% 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: 461.72 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 114 Parallax 101 84% 106 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 91.1 78% 96.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 421 429 451 450 430 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 443 Mixed 360 SusWrite 424 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 50.7 168% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 358 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 135%
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 280GB-$160 3,427 User benchmarks, average bench 440% 196GB free Firmware: E2010325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 853 992 1060 1120 1114 1081 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	315% Outstanding	Read 1,258 Write 1,108 Mixed 1,200 SusWrite 1,036 259% 1,151 MB/s	4K Read 172 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 153 535% 158 MB/s	DQ Read 952 DQ Write 688 DQ Mixed 784 596% 808 MB/s
Poor: 302% ↑ This bench: 315% Great: 559%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 131 129 129 129 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 128 Write 130 Mixed 84 SusWrite 128 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 101%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 123 125 125 125 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 117 Write 114 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 124 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 100%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 101GB free Firmware: 10.02E04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 52 52 52 52 52 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 54.7 Write 53.2 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 51.5 36% 49.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 35%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 55GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 48 48 49 48 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Read 48.5 Write 48.3 Mixed 39 SusWrite 48.2 34% 46 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	67.5% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 21.8 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 19.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 91.7 44% 91.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 94%

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	117x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	5x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $143Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	5x

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Total price: $889

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