Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.8% 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	72.5% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	18.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '17 at 06:07
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 as expected (57^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 258 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 712 63% 534 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.8% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 137 Parallax 117 104% 128 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 112 Splatting 98.8 85% 105 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 270GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21567 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 36 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 69 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12915623158	72.5% Very good	Read 517 Write 413 Mixed 423 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 32.1 4K Mixed 15.6 77% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 82.7 DQ Write 85 DQ Mixed 10.2 28% 59.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 361GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 166 4375 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1259 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 49028 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 115 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1175 (C2) HDA temperature 115 107 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	61.4% Good	Read 112 Write 102 Mixed 94.9 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.44 112% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 182GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 8536 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1772 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1900914 (09) Power-on hours count 89 11 9730 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 130 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 487850013 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1787 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 64424509469 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 3 8536 (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 -101296803639132 (F1) Unknown 100 253 113380543 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1029619006	40.9% Average	Read 70.6 Write 71.9 Mixed 69.9 53% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.51 101% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 75%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 717GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 34.6 Write 37.8 Mixed 15.2 36% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.27 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 28.6 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 30.6 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

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Desktop 87%

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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	2,221x
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 $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