Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	293% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	59.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170808
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 02:02
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 160 2-Core 318 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 747 79% 630 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 863GB free Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1,333 Write 1,208 Mixed 1,354 290% 1,298 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 78 248% 94.1 MB/s	DQ Read 625 DQ Write 494 DQ Mixed 270 281% 463 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 363%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 823GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,159 Write 1,753 Mixed 1,782 422% 1,898 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 78.3 245% 94.3 MB/s	DQ Read 592 DQ Write 428 DQ Mixed 259 262% 426 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 363%
Samsung 850 Pro 2TB-$320 2,669 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 155GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5024 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 811 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 62 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15142807443	112% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 441 Mixed 410 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 33.3 164% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 168 179% 297 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 130%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$265 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 82GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4836 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 680 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8642222242	108% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 406 Mixed 426 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 35.9 162% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 195 182% 284 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 135%
Seagate ST8000DM005-2EH1 8TB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4.5TB free Firmware: DN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 209993275 (03) Spinup time 84 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1564 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 94 60 2349422167 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -91727616536055 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 793 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 261997002813 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 622985250 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 575 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 46 46 108589 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 73014444066 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 209993275 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 67147518709650 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8168115951 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3933746391
Poor: 22% Great: 104%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153994792 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 850 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4648201 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4894 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 789 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 555548701 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1191 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 68719476765 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -98921686756568 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5702066842 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15847388349
Poor: 53% Great: 110%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 31407400 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 813 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 515879 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4854 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 762 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 62 572391454 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1169 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 68719476766 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -35068407967013 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1364080648 (F2) Unknown 100 253 493599620
Poor: 53% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3466 C16 4x16GB 410 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 44.2 MC Mixed 36.6 116% 40.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.1 SC Write 49.4 SC Mixed 34.7 104% 36.4 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 152%

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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 $235Bench 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 $195Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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: $822

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16