Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	272% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	60 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '17 at 21:05
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 684 71% 570 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 204 Parallax 178 150% 189 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 170 Splatting 130 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 5,772 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 474GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 6 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 11 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1990 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 63 37 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11 (F2) Unknown 99 99 7	250% Outstanding	Read 2,004 Write 1,504 Mixed 1,644 382% 1,717 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 55.5 222% 85 MB/s	DQ Read 45.5 DQ Write 402 DQ Mixed 258 189% 235 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 241%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2,023 Write 1,516 Mixed 1,617 382% 1,719 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 63.6 251% 96.1 MB/s	DQ Read 593 DQ Write 400 DQ Mixed 190 224% 394 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 262%
Patriot Patriot 480GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 170% 256GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	170% Outstanding	Read 240 Write 230 Mixed 182 274% 218 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 26.2 4K Mixed 8.72 1,256% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 18.6 DQ Write 27.9 DQ Mixed 9.06 1,326% 18.5 MB/s
Poor: 170% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 170%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB 516 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 42.2 MC Mixed 35.4 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 46.9 SC Mixed 32 98% 34.2 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 156%

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Gaming 68%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	117x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	6x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: 51% - Above average

Total price: $874

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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