Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.1% 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	197% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '17 at 07:25
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 781 84% 670 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 122 Parallax 97 95% 112 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 107 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS256G32MND-3312A 256GB 122 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 238GB free Firmware: 20001P00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2385 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1389 (64) Unknown 100 100 2999491 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 49 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 34 (B2) Unknown 100 100 37 (B3) Unknown 100 100 150 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4138 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 0 42952294423 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8585 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4237 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8662 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 141	57.4% Above average	Read 368 Write 379 Mixed 379 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 29.1 4K Mixed 15.8 59% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 19.6 DQ Write 43.5 DQ Mixed 10.7 14% 24.6 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 100%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 232GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3101 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 673 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 71 59 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6718407407	77.4% Very good	Read 496 Write 394 Mixed 411 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 48.1 4K Mixed 17.9 90% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 16.1 53% 108 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 124%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 2,264 Write 1,303 Mixed 1,550 377% 1,706 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 18.7 83% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 48.7 DQ Mixed 18.5 20% 32.6 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 292%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 72 117626824 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5772 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 4328 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 45562432 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27349 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1574 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 698 (BC) Unknown 100 100 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 72 63 471203868 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 356482 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 73014444060 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -47953309840811 (F1) Unknown 100 253 45974831439783 (F2) Unknown 100 253 99065677583721	97.7% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 172 Mixed 147 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.4 109% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 64056432 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1666 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5396246 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2098 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1388 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 74 46 437583898 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23091 (C2) HDA temperature 26 54 42949672986 (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 12846247183069 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5357542087 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37082433143	104% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 168 Mixed 170 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.23 85% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 7,803 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 79%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	118x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	18x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	24x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	5x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $139Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	5x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16