Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	280% 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 (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	58.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '17 at 15:07
Run Duration	299 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 252 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 695 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 155 Parallax 131 121% 145 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 143 Splatting 110 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 2TB-$320 2,669 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 2TB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 798 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 322 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 68 55 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 40 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9325399989	109% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 457 Mixed 508 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 32.2 154% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 199 188% 292 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 130%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1.5TB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 611 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 191 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 68 53 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3227064207	98.7% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 396 Mixed 428 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 27 151% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 98.1 106% 181 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 135%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 954GB free Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,274 Write 1,031 Mixed 1,250 264% 1,185 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 66.4 224% 82 MB/s	DQ Read 582 DQ Write 444 DQ Mixed 246 257% 424 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 363%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 533GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,321 Write 1,528 Mixed 1,870 423% 1,906 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 65.4 232% 87.1 MB/s	DQ Read 572 DQ Write 432 DQ Mixed 241 251% 415 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 363%
Seagate ST8000DM005-2EH1 8TB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 6TB free Firmware: DN02 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 80 64 93963510 (03) Spinup time 85 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 544 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 231216648 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -803158883707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 316 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131332 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 62 572260386 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 190 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 47 47 106075 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 73014444066 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 4 93963510 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 140307991626202 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3272678739 (F2) Unknown 100 253 643065906
Poor: 22% Great: 104%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC41 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 119 99 217062080 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 382 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4404325 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 763 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 316 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 572260385 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 531 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 68719476769 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -100798587469035 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4636897104 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15437608824
Poor: 53% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3.5TB free Firmware: HP16 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 115 99 85035392 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4075 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 279990701 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12184 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3387 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1996856448 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 8592162876 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 22013542432 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 403 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32241 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 -140737488355296 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC41 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 116 100 117130056 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 346 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 284346 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 729 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 289 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 62 538705952 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 492 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 68719476768 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -137584982359344 (F1) Unknown 100 253 291120451 (F2) Unknown 100 253 92292805
Poor: 53% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3.5TB free Firmware: HP16 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 117 99 152150824 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6065 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 181822608 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11859 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3496 (B4) Unknown 100 100 196855523 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 34360328211 (BD) vendor-specific 77 77 23 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 34915221537 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 471 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30559 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 -140737488355295 (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 200 200 0
Poor: 51% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3466 C16 4x16GB 410 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 43.4 MC Mixed 36.6 114% 39.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 46.2 SC Mixed 31.9 95% 33.4 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 152%

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Typical GA-Z170X-GamingG1 Builds (Compare 156 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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