Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	229% 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	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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 19:28
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 277 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 757 77% 625 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 157 Reflection 158 Parallax 132 128% 149 fps	Gravity 150 Splatting 115 115% 132 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 203GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6859 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2252 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 163 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4320133760 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 78 369819670 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 163 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 22 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 47322 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 46 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 384 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 47322 (F2) Unknown 100 100 47155	96.6% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 280 Mixed 356 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 31.6 158% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 111 129% 224 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 95%
Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240GB-$181 1,826 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 157GB free Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5157888 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -66529043401287 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3423 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 255 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 73017196578 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5157888 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5157888 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5157888 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11168 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9013 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9013 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23706	84.6% Excellent	Read 503 Write 249 Mixed 320 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 18.4 130% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 56.9 100% 197 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 90%
Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240GB-$181 1,826 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 177GB free Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5204783 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 7258494740286 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3379 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 141 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 32 43 77312229408 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 77312229408 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5204783 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5204783 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5204783 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11194 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5010 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5010 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13336	89% Excellent	Read 514 Write 256 Mixed 316 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 23.1 142% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 53 95% 187 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 90%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 1,863 Write 950 Mixed 1,185 294% 1,333 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 59.6 254% 99.9 MB/s	DQ Read 559 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 230 228% 371 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 283%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 33.4 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 44.5 SC Mixed 32.5 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,212x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	294x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	178x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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