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Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.5% 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	87.5% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160429
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 07 '16 at 08:31
Run Duration	491 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$85 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 295 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 818 84% 676 Pts	64-Core 824 51% 824 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$449 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36DD) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6510 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 120 Parallax 107 95% 114 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 104 Splatting 95.9 81% 99.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1341 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 521 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 63 49 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 151 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6162739730	87.5% Excellent	Read 377 Write 326 Mixed 323 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 33.9 142% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 111 110% 179 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 174 2108 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1665 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2294 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1172 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 552 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1112 (C2) HDA temperature 113 98 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
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1610 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2292 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1172 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 552 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1057 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 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
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
WDC WD40 EFRX-68WT0N0 4TB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 3TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 139 Write 131 Mixed 109 159% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.27 88% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 56%
WDC WD30 EFRX-68EUZN0 3TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2.5TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 129 Write 129 Mixed 118 161% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.27 97% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 55%
ST2000DL 003-9VT166 2TB 229 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 2TB free, PID 0400 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 131 Write 144 Mixed 123 172% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.56 58% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 58%
Super Talent Express DUO USB 3.0 16GB-$22 28 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 13GB free, PID 0305 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 65.7 Write 17.3 Mixed 24.1 37% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.57 92% 4.56 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 8,488 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2472 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 26.4 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 27.1 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 89%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $85Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	121x
Core i7-7700KIntel $144Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	18x
Core i7-6700Intel $165Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $449Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	25x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x
GTX 1070Nvidia $170Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	20x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	5x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $110Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	5x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $660

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Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $240	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $365