Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '21 at 03:06
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 216 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 698 66% 549 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.1% Good	Lighting 83.2 Reflection 112 Parallax 88.2 68% 94.5 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 85.6 Splatting 84.3 72% 88.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603A SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 83 91 65 72 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 220 Write 183 Mixed 194 SusWrite 87.8 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 32.8 92% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 43.7 54% 93.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 128GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 122 122 122 122 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 146 Write 142 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 121 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 49GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 123 123 123 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 119 Write 111 Mixed 66 SusWrite 122 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 82GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 48 52 53 53 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 47 Write 41.7 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 50.9 31% 42.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 59%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 88GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 116 117 116 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 99.8 Write 84.5 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 115 66% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 138GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 90 89 90 90 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 81.2 Write 83 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 89.3 103% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.3% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 22.7 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 115%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	117x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $139Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	5x

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Total price: $889

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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