Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	116% 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	112% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 14:52
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 292 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 793 80% 649 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 156 Parallax 145 129% 153 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 146 Splatting 115 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5534 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1223 (B1) Unknown 98 98 76 (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 64 52 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 155 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18978650848	112% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 463 Mixed 502 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 43.3 159% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 145 153% 253 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 201GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 129879096 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1789 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 83362442 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3705 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 845 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 589103137 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21518 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 73014444065 (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 53695681136993 (F1) Unknown 100 253 46198137245 (F2) Unknown 100 253 245505780820	62.2% Good	Read 112 Write 105 Mixed 104 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.24 89% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-3200 2x8GB 795 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 27.8 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 44.8 SC Mixed 33 96% 33.4 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,213x
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 $134	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