Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.3% 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	78.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '17 at 04:44
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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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 i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 453 67% 488 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3707) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2042 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 119 Parallax 96.8 92% 109 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 104 Splatting 97.7 82% 99.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD10EZEX-00BN5A0 250GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 195GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 213 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1441805 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 183 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 48 206159675421 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 12884901891 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 79 (EA) Unknown 100 100 95 (F1) Unknown 253 253 93 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80% Excellent	Read 496 Write 237 Mixed 341 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 60.2 4K Mixed 30 106% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 59.3 109% 216 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 132%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24162 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 143 (B1) Unknown 78 78 265 (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 65 34 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 40 (F1) Unknown 99 99 76545759068	78.1% Very good	Read 498 Write 339 Mixed 351 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 19.9 119% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 35.4 DQ Write 87.1 DQ Mixed 78.2 55% 66.9 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 384GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 217 (03) Spinup time 176 173 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5431 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22930 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 137 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5406 (C2) HDA temperature 115 91 28 (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	61.5% Good	Read 107 Write 108 Mixed 105 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.18 75% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD824A.C16FAD 2x16GB 317 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27.4 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 26.4 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 84%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 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 $95Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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