Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


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 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	209% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '17 at 16:12
Run Duration	323 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	14%

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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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 91.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 725 78% 618 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 152 Parallax 139 120% 146 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 144 Splatting 111 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 171GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5601 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5217 (B1) Unknown 99 99 45 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 26 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4310 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15433549188	115% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 468 Mixed 499 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 44.7 166% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 161 169% 278 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,410 Write 1,111 Mixed 1,278 282% 1,266 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 57.6 212% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 504 DQ Write 372 DQ Mixed 205 216% 360 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 283%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 0107 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 40.5 Write 41.2 Mixed 41 31% 40.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.31 82% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 308GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 208684563 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 152 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1011714 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 769 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 152 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 71 471400476 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 152 (C2) HDA temperature 28 17 73014444060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 11 3 208684563 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 93050466468593 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1994432135 (F2) Unknown 100 253 849702572	84.8% Excellent	Read 146 Write 150 Mixed 141 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.33 100% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Seven 500GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 256GB free Firmware: 9200 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Read 39.2 Write 38.6 Mixed 38.7 29% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.19 54% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 61%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 237GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 235 232 8208 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7283 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 40159 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6060 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 766 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7278 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 37 (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	54.8% Above average	Read 106 Write 84.8 Mixed 91.2 71% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.41 117% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 136GB free Firmware: 3.AAA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 77 86642634 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11118 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 195703288 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26803 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5220 (BB) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 50 622788645 (C2) HDA temperature 37 50 73014444069 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 68 58 209900534 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	48.2% Average	Read 84.1 Write 83.7 Mixed 79 62% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.44 100% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 54%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 145GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 197 196 3150 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11951 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41416 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6138 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14743 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 30 (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	59.1% Above average	Read 103 Write 103 Mixed 102 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.58 145% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 69%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 64GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 20 (03) Spinup time 149 145 3550 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15717 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22943 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5845 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1517 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 115 115 257259 (C2) HDA temperature 113 80 30 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	29.4% Poor	Read 49.7 Write 52.3 Mixed 52 39% 51.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.37 95% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 4x8GB 542 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.1 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 23.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 131%

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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 $241Bench 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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	5x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $139Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	5x

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Total price: $889

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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