Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 09 '16 at 05:25
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 269 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 760 79% 636 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5906 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 114 Parallax 101 86% 107 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 91.8 77% 94.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNLN128HCGR-00000 128GB 476 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 88GB free Firmware: EMT2100Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 99 834 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 48 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 3 (AE) Unknown 99 99 17 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 397 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 46 33 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 16752049 (F1) Unknown 99 99 399 (F2) Unknown 99 99 226 (F9) Unknown 99 99 399	91.3% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 152 Mixed 229 64% 296 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 32.9 170% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 79 105% 196 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 89%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2678 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 608 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (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 68 57 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 317 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9603508788	86.2% Excellent	Read 378 Write 329 Mixed 323 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 33 137% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 103 106% 177 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 124%
Asmedia ASMT1153E 5TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4TB free Firmware: 0 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 125 Write 134 Mixed 94.3 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.48 4K Write 6.84 4K Mixed 0.61 256% 2.98 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 960GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 91473192 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 642 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6835398 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2668 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 574 (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 74 58 454623258 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 252 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 87696 (C2) HDA temperature 26 42 77309411354 (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 -20366734915883 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6338061638 (F2) Unknown 100 253 216199289015	89.4% Excellent	Read 161 Write 151 Mixed 158 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.18 61% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C17 4x8GB 768 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 42.2 MC Write 44.9 MC Mixed 36.6 118% 41.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 48.2 SC Mixed 31 98% 34.1 GB/s	Latency 48.5 82% 48.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 135%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	10x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: $716

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