Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.1% 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	259% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	53.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200722
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '23 at 07:52
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (60^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 254 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 617 66% 524 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% 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: 531.18 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 121 Parallax 108 89% 113 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 104 Splatting 93.8 81% 99.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 819GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 334% 611GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1482 1641 1639 1727 1689 1695 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,195 Write 1,925 Mixed 941 SusWrite 1,646 375% 1,677 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 48.3 159% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 571 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 441 335% 457 MB/s
Poor: 259% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 371%
Samsung 850 Evo 4TB-$470 765 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 790 383 137 624 382 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 85% Great: 133%
Seagate ST18000NM000J-2TV103 18TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 2TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 149 151 151 150 149 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 10% Great: 10%
WD WD181KFGX-68AFPN0 18TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4.5TB free Firmware: 83.00A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 186 187 188 190 191 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 133%

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 (50^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 34.6 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 31.2 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 172%

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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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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 $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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	5x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $139Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	5x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $875

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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