Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	142% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	16.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '19 at 01:14
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 as expected (49^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 224 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 635 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 688 42% 688 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 854B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.2% Poor	Lighting 32.9 Reflection 38.1 Parallax 30.7 27% 33.9 fps	MRender 47.1 Gravity 33 Splatting 43 34% 41 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 5,772 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 402 361 354 347 356 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 1,178 Write 900 Mixed 685 SusWrite 383 175% 786 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 44.5 159% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 681 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 501 371% 500 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 241%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 208GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 278 265 293 285 290 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 349 Write 304 Mixed 293 SusWrite 280 69% 306 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 37.2 120% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 214 159% 212 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 134%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 110 118 112 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 86.3 Write 95 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 115 65% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 88%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 146 141 146 139 148 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 150 Write 145 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 143 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 223% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 100%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 447GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 161 155 158 155 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 182 Mixed 111 SusWrite 158 122% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.8 346% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 3,365 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.6% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 23.2 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 22.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 109%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $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 $195Bench 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 $45Bench 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: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $23	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