Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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	84.7% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '16 at 22:13
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 276 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 790 77% 630 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 162 Parallax 153 126% 157 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 148 Splatting 115 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 132GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7403 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1713 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 76 66 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 150 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6696693394	129% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 499 Mixed 517 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 53.8 197% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 178 186% 305 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 124%
Kingston HyperX 240GB-$65 502 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 503ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 107 15697370 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -12120397691865 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3538 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1565 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 34 47246868503 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15697370 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15697370 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15697370 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25186 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23377 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23377 (F2) Unknown 0 0 22000	84.7% Excellent	Read 451 Write 233 Mixed 311 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 20.3 140% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 66.1 106% 203 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 92%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 134 134 21502755245 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5807 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9503 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2323 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12177 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 154619543584 (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	89.8% Excellent	Read 175 Write 139 Mixed 161 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.15 71% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 107%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 991GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 149 9916 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 968 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3877 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 957 (10) Unknown 2 198 37773218848 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 830 (C2) HDA temperature 120 109 32 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73.5% Very good	Read 140 Write 116 Mixed 119 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.25 95% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 4x8GB 975 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 31.1 100% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 33.1 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 121%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 - $191

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,220x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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