Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.5% 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	102% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '18 at 02:58
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 (96^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 717 73% 590 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36DD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 118 Parallax 116 94% 116 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 103 Splatting 97.4 82% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 257 175 174 164 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 475 Mixed 384 SusWrite 230 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 59.7 202% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 47.5 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 66.7 60% 86.6 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 104 104 102 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 142 Write 105 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 103 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 96%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 138 138 139 138 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 153 Write 138 Mixed 117 SusWrite 138 101% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 85%
SanDisk Cruzer Dial 32GB 3,902 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 25GB free, PID 5599 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 4.9 4.2 5.5 5.1 5.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	7.87% Terrible	Read 30 Write 8 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 5 14% 13.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 2.7 126% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.87% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3866 C18 4x4GB 230 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.8% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 124%

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Gaming 84%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 71%

Battleship

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	101x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	11x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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	12x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	10x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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: 67% - Good

Total price: $730

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 $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) $30	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