Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	201% 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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	58.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '16 at 17:36
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 89.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 271 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 766 78% 632 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,838 Write 1,440 Mixed 1,430 349% 1,569 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 30.9 4K Mixed 18.4 58% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 585 DQ Write 402 DQ Mixed 14.1 140% 334 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 283%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 452GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7050 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7912 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32192 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2100 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7717 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 36 (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	83.6% Excellent	Read 158 Write 133 Mixed 127 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.4 104% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 85%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 334GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 68064644 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5573 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 34 30 4032976946741 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 38505 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2161 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 53 51540394085 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 522125343 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 85899345951 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 29 68064644 (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 93059056418077 (F1) Unknown 100 253 118002875 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1261801268	48.5% Average	Read 86.9 Write 82.1 Mixed 72.2 60% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.34 82% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB-$530 133 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.9 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 147%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	117x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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 $143Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	5x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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