Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	188% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '18 at 06:57
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 289 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 738 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 162 Parallax 148 115% 151 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 145 Splatting 120 105% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,866 Write 755 Mixed 1,050 268% 1,224 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 46 185% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 125 125% 202 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 243%
Samsung MZ7TD256HAFV-000L7 256GB 6,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 56GB free Firmware: DXT04L6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13396 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1884 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 82 82 218 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 6240 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 43 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E9) Unknown 199 199 9462874 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 560 (EC) Unknown 99 99 174 (ED) Unknown 99 99 218 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0	66.2% Good	Read 375 Write 245 Mixed 103 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 13.7 93% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 31.7 73% 152 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 80%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 32GB free Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,934 Write 902 Mixed 1,166 293% 1,334 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 48.7 193% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 137 135% 218 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 243%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 307GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 236 132 7183 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2399 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7738 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2071 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1186 (C2) HDA temperature 107 88 45 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	83.3% Excellent	Read 151 Write 139 Mixed 125 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.83 4K Mixed 0.2 95% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 25.8 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.6 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 101%

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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 $94Bench 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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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