Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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.
ProcessorWith 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics74.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive186% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1  (all builds)
Memory16.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170306
Uptime7.2 Days
Run DateApr 17 '18 at 11:06
Run Duration248 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 62%
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 PC Performing below expectations (34th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
84.5% Excellent
Memory 90.1
1-Core 129
2-Core 251
88% 157 Pts
4-Core 427
8-Core 601
65% 514 Pts
64-Core 666
41% 666 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.5%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
74.9% Very good
Lighting 90.4
Reflection 111
Parallax 91.4
74% 97.5 fps
MRender 91.8
Gravity 92.3
Splatting 97.7
77% 93.9 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC WD2001FASS-00U0B0 120GB
32GB free
Firmware: SBFZ10.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
63.8% Good
Read 514
Write 95.9
Mixed 155
55% 255 MB/s
4K Read 35.2
4K Write 68.6
4K Mixed 8.49
100% 37.4 MB/s
DQ Read 252
DQ Write 174
DQ Mixed 11.3
63% 146 MB/s
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
24GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
186% Outstanding
Read 2,041
Write 555
Mixed 1,088
268% 1,228 MB/s
4K Read 40.4
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 50.3
182% 65.4 MB/s
DQ Read 393
DQ Write 269
DQ Mixed 165
168% 276 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 186%
Great: 283%
hp USB Flash Drive 16GB
15GB free, PID b107
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
5.12% Terrible
Read 21.3
Write 9.3
Mixed 5.87
13% 12.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.01
4K Write 0.001
4K Mixed 0.001
0% 0.004 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.12%
Great: 8%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
69.7% Good
MC Read 23
MC Write 26.7
MC Mixed 23
69% 24.2 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 27.4
SC Mixed 22.9
64% 22.3 GB/s
Latency 67
60% 67 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 69.7%
Great: 125%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z170X-GamingG1 Builds (Compare 156 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

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