Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.9% 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	239% 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.

Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	57.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '21 at 00:59
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	74%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 172 73% 121 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 750 69% 579 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 124 Parallax 110 91% 115 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 108 Splatting 93.8 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 819GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 334% 496GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 886 1175 1281 1359 1362 1376 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 2,254 Write 1,650 Mixed 967 SusWrite 1,240 340% 1,528 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 38.2 131% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 902 DQ Write 578 DQ Mixed 678 522% 719 MB/s
Poor: 259% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 371%
Samsung 850 Evo 4TB-$470 765 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 813 406 404 406 405 405 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 85% Great: 133%
WD WD6001FZWX-00A2VA0 10TB 360GB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 132 132 136 135 135 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 197 Write 198 Mixed 107 SusWrite 132 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.7 1,109% 8.8 MB/s

WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 148 162 156 156 157 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 83.6 Write 157 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 157 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 309% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB-$351 1,197 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 34.3 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 45 SC Mixed 24 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 172%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	7	6	60	31.5"	1280 720	DEL40C1 DELL UP3216Q

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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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Total price: $889

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) $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