Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	232% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '17 at 16:11
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 697 74% 590 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 206 Parallax 185 151% 192 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 188 Splatting 130 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sm951 NVMe SAMSUNG 512GB 427 User benchmarks, average bench 206% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW75D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,945 Write 1,492 Mixed 1,539 369% 1,659 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 36.4 196% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 50.1 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 36.3 50% 87.1 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 260%
WD Se 4TB-$90 2,519 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 198 198 106 (03) Spinup time 154 151 11283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 257 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 372 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (10) Unknown 1 199 26363147264 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 241 (C2) HDA temperature 105 103 47 (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 41	88.8% Excellent	Read 166 Write 143 Mixed 145 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.21 110% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 70527888 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1497 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6487716 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9410 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 574 (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 55 51 756809773 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 203 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13382 (C2) HDA temperature 45 49 103079215149 (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 101043400613522 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14205044702 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14389524293	102% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 179 Mixed 148 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.19 73% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 856GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 178 7808 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1133 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1333 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 156 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4850 (C2) HDA temperature 114 110 38 (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	52% Above average	Read 90.1 Write 90.9 Mixed 90.9 68% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.2 96% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 27.8 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 30.8 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95% 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	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	482x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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