Gigabyte GA-Z170X-SOC Force-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.5% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-SOC Force
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-SOC Force-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '23 at 19:10
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 as expected (49^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 122 2-Core 219 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 645 63% 518 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 537.13 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.5% Very good	Lighting 94 Reflection 131 Parallax 82.7 77% 103 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 101 Splatting 92.7 79% 97.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 87%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 88 84 76 79 81 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 103 Write 98.9 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 84.1 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.1 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 23.4 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 103%

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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: 0P 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	68	57	165	27"	1280 720	HPN3733 HP X27c

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Gaming 103%

UFO

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $122Bench 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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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $787

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16