Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.7% 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	76.6% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 17:47
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 706 73% 585 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 90%

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: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 122 Parallax 109 96% 117 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 109 Splatting 96.8 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 305GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 22 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 68 63 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 733415633	87.2% Excellent	Read 379 Write 329 Mixed 324 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 34.8 140% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 129 119% 187 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 134%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 97GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 22801964 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 87771951677823 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2482 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 146 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 46 73017458715 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 73017458715 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 22801964 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 22801964 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 22801964 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3982 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5496 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5496 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21350	86.1% Excellent	Read 505 Write 249 Mixed 251 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 25.5 136% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 77.9 102% 184 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 94%
Intel 330 Series 240GB 1,960 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 55628417338884 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3410 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1691 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 760685 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 760685 (F2) Unknown 100 100 611049 (F9) Unknown 100 100 30483	76.6% Very good	Read 473 Write 195 Mixed 254 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 20.7 126% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 71.5 90% 159 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 586GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 183444776 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3977 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 3124315 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24273 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2625 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 521404444 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 36560 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 77309411356 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 7537667617995 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3546707772 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4021077125	76.8% Very good	Read 132 Write 136 Mixed 135 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.34 90% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 383GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 153 5141 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11409 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 26 26 54257 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4853 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1278 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11403 (C2) HDA temperature 113 93 34 (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	48.1% Average	Read 88.8 Write 78.5 Mixed 89.5 65% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.38 102% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 217GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 242677210 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13067 (05) Reallocated sector count 78 78 918 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 165033486 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3584 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 638844957 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 73014444061 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 8 242677210 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -1464583806126 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2121627654 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2008941660	49.8% Average	Read 78.1 Write 95.3 Mixed 86.6 65% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.62 132% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.5% Average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 13.6 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 107%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,233x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	475x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	484x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	394x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $643

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16