Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	22 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '24 at 04:18
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^nd 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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 87.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 237 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 636 65% 527 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3792) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 545.84 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.6% Good	Lighting 88.9 Reflection 84 Parallax 71.7 72% 81.5 fps	MRender 60.5 Gravity 68.7 Splatting 62.5 52% 63.9 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel S3500 Series 240GB-$135 644 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: D2010370 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 189 184 191 195 196 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	62.1% Good	Read 271 Write 223 Mixed 220 SusWrite 182 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 26.1 98% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 212 163% 222 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 87%
Intel S3500 Series 240GB-$135 644 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 167GB free Firmware: D2010370 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 196 192 202 207 207 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	62.2% Good	Read 260 Write 273 Mixed 221 SusWrite 190 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 26.1 98% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 211 163% 222 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 4x8GB 3,576 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.4% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.5 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 19.7 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 99%

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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	190	11	60	24"	1920 1057	ACI2493 VE247

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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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	10x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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: $711

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