Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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	97.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '19 at 18:52
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 125 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 656 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 165 Parallax 165 144% 169 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 153 Splatting 107 117% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB 3,551 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 105 98 102 102 104 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 430 Mixed 367 SusWrite 141 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 49.4 179% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 354 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 327GB free Firmware: JKAOA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 79 78 80 79 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 78.8 Write 79.5 Mixed 45.9 SusWrite 78.8 52% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 69%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 370GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 86 87 89 88 88 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 85 Write 72.7 Mixed 46.4 SusWrite 86.6 53% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 870GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 101 105 101 105 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 108 Write 104 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 103 70% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 68%
USB DISK 3.0 126GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 70GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 18 0 6.3 24 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 25.6 Write 11 SusWrite 16 20% 17.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.3 34% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 40%
WD My Book 1235 3TB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2.5TB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 149 147 149 149 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 145 Write 148 Mixed 85.9 SusWrite 148 177% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 112% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 64GB 221 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 39GB free, PID 6008 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.5 15 15 14 12 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	9.7% Terrible	Read 38.2 Write 30 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 12.7 30% 24 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.7% Great: 31%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 32GB 4,876 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 19GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7 1.8 2.9 5 5.1 4.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	6.38% Terrible	Read 17.2 Write 3.7 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 4.4 8% 7.75 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 2.1 108% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.38% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$92 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.1 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 113%

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Desktop 86%

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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 $400Bench 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 $41Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	5x
CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x16GBUnknownBench 72%, 338 samples	5x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	4x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $711

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 $177	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