Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	71.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '17 at 02:27
Run Duration	287 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 267 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 734 75% 605 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 200 Parallax 176 148% 186 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 176 Splatting 127 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 2801 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 298 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 51 (AE) Unknown 100 100 61 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 35 279173791795 (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 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 12630951741 (F7) Unknown 100 100 396278211 (F8) Unknown 100 100 176004784 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1225 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	71.9% Very good	Read 467 Write 328 Mixed 333 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 49.3 4K Mixed 20.8 80% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 35 71% 145 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 95%
Mushkin Triactor 480GB-$150 1,840 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 185GB free Firmware: O1126A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^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 100 100 386 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1156 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 124 (A3) Unknown 100 100 47 (A4) Unknown 100 100 19566 (A5) Unknown 100 100 35 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 14 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 42 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 84 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 313 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 252123 (F2) Unknown 100 100 390327 (F5) Unknown 100 100 156528	58.8% Above average	Read 350 Write 215 Mixed 212 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 30.3 4K Mixed 20.3 79% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 47.5 69% 130 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 97GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6492 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1132 (B1) Unknown 96 96 70 (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 66 47 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 5 (EB) Unknown 99 99 178 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16053290697	92.7% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 397 Mixed 414 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 38.3 117% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 98.1 117% 205 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 648 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12817 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 51734814924 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22176 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3599 (B4) Unknown 100 100 3991540812 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 73016344620 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 45 4850188316 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14049 (C2) HDA temperature 28 55 -140737488355300 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 3 648 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	67.2% Good	Read 109 Write 125 Mixed 109 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.63 105% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 75%
Seagate Expansion 3TB 2,934 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 880GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 101 Write 104 Mixed 67.9 68% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 5.41 4K Mixed 0.36 153% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 62%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 848GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 124 124 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1861 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 3251 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 801 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 34123 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 219044249625 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	76.2% Very good	Read 133 Write 132 Mixed 124 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.2 81% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 75%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 470GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 39 (03) Spinup time 174 170 4275 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3482 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22160 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1561 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 646 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2835 (C2) HDA temperature 110 95 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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3	73.2% Very good	Read 157 Write 98.7 Mixed 106 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.3 92% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 76%
WD My Passport 500GB 3,424 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 462GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 84.3 Write 92.1 Mixed 73.2 107% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.19 67% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.5% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 20.8 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 23.1 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 104%

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Workstation 71%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	102x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	11x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	16x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	16x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $42Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	5x
CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x16GBUnknownBench 72%, 338 samples	5x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	4x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $507

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16