Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '21 at 02:06
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 below expectations (27^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 78.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 199 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 660 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 112 Parallax 103 85% 106 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 102 Splatting 101 82% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 364 Write 380 Mixed 335 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 47 157% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 245 185% 249 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$73 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 331GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 127 127 129 130 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 121 Write 122 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 128 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 354GB free Firmware: A750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 167 169 169 170 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 160 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 167 98% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2800, 2800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	69.2% Good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 22.8 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 22.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 83.7 48% 83.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	12	10	75	20"	1280 720	SAM063D SMB2030

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Gaming 84%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 71%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	102x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	11x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	16x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	16x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	10x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	10x
GIGABYTE GP-ASM2 512GBNvmeBench 198%, 167 samples	6x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $41Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	5x
CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x16GBUnknownBench 72%, 338 samples	5x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	4x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $716

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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