Gigabyte GA-Z170X-SOC Force-CF

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	257% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z170X-SOC Force
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-SOC Force-CF (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170808
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '17 at 02:56
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 720 76% 607 Pts	64-Core 735 46% 735 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,625 Write 1,379 Mixed 1,389 395% 1,797 MB/s	4K Read 58.9 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 30.4 201% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 60.8 DQ Write 377 DQ Mixed 27.5 78% 155 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 254%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 80GB free Firmware: R211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3669656 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 -139448998149193 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2158 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 389 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 37 68721901600 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3669656 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3669656 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3669656 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3537 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2182 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2182 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3326	63.7% Good	Read 508 Write 122 Mixed 209 61% 280 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 13.6 114% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 12.7 28% 54.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 81%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 34GB free Firmware: R211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3833166 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 -115010634234961 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2159 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 392 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 37 68721901600 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3833166 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3833166 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3833166 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3514 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2141 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2141 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3373	69.3% Good	Read 513 Write 144 Mixed 229 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 14.3 129% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 37.8 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 42.2 42% 64.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 30,689 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.1% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 118%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 87%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-SOC Force-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	45x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	8x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	12x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	6x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 110%, 154,399 samples	10x
540s Series 1TBIntelBench 81%, 1,702 samples	3x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	3x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GBG.SKILLBench 106%, 1,354 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GBCorsairBench 80%, 416 samples	3x
F4 DDR4 3200 C14 1x16GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 72 samples	3x

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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 $45	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