Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.2% 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	87.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 05:32
Run Duration	531 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing below expectations (33^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 79.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 217 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 620 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 137 Parallax 116 105% 128 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 122 Splatting 102 87% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18611 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 209 (B1) Unknown 96 96 77 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 46 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 86 (F1) Unknown 99 99 51634237560	87.6% Excellent	Read 510 Write 405 Mixed 397 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 26.3 116% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 18.9 56% 123 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 134%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 54GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 596 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 77 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 22 335008759876 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 614236167 (F7) Unknown 100 100 19245223 (F8) Unknown 100 100 41613908 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1252 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	73% Very good	Read 478 Write 334 Mixed 335 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 46.8 4K Mixed 20.7 87% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 31.1 58% 119 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 95%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC128MAG 128GB 2,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 40GB free Firmware: 0006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1333 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 206848 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 33970 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 623 (AA) Unknown 99 99 101 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 22 22 3900 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 31942116835974 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 8 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 269 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 37672 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 101 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 23 23 77 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	46.2% Average	Read 351 Write 123 Mixed 203 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 41.8 4K Mixed 3.61 65% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 17.5 50% 110 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 62%
HPT DISK 0_0 4.5TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3.5TB free Firmware: 4.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.8% Good	Read 117 Write 105 Mixed 82.3 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 3.74 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.23 188% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 64%
Adaptec Array 2TB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 845GB free Firmware: V1.0 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 25% Great: 113%
WD WD6400AACS-00G8B1 640GB 9,045 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 145GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 133 6150 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8397 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 48002 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2697 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 223 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8397 (C2) HDA temperature 110 94 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	35.4% Below average	Read 67.3 Write 56 Mixed 59.7 46% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.27 76% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 49%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 640GB 199 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 78GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 55.7 Write 59.3 Mixed 63.5 45% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.35 86% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 85%
SCM SD USB3.0 CF SD 64GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 57GB free, PID 0805 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.4% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 13.8 Mixed 21.8 28% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.12 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.13 119% 2.68 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 30%
SCM CF USB3.0 CF SD 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 3GB free, PID 0805 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	12.4% Very poor	Read 33.6 Write 24.3 Mixed 27.3 35% 28.4 MB/s	4K Read 8.57 4K Write 0.07 4K Mixed 0.07 36% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 12%
Generic Flash Disk 1GB 2,763 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.94% Terrible	Read 14.5 Write 6.59 Mixed 4.15 9% 8.41 MB/s	4K Read 1.45 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 6% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.94% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 81 49% 81 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 94%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	118x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	5x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $139Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	5x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16