Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.5% 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	198% 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	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '18 at 00:44
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (53^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 135 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 715 71% 581 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6274) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 105 Parallax 92.2 85% 101 fps	MRender 93.1 Gravity 93.4 Splatting 94.9 77% 93.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SH103S3240G 1TB 689GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 2141 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 971 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3696 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 903 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 588709917 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 887 (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	18.4% Very poor	Read 168 Write 173 Mixed 155 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 3.06 4K Mixed 0.33 4% 1.54 MB/s

Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 222GB free Firmware: 526ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4008284 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 18176301609022 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1975 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 241 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 34 64426737690 (C2) HDA temperature 26 34 64426737690 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4008284 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4008284 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4008284 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 32811 (EA) Unknown 0 0 26041 (F1) Unknown 0 0 26041 (F2) Unknown 0 0 28021	67.9% Good	Read 377 Write 255 Mixed 269 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 15 100% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 75 88% 152 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 94%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1,954 Write 1,168 Mixed 1,178 316% 1,433 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 23.4 156% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 53.3 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 24.1 35% 62.9 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 236%
Patriot Blast 120GB 4,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 8GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4636 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 718 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 97 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458784 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 786	77.7% Very good	Read 513 Write 338 Mixed 343 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 9.9 93% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 46 86% 171 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 95%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 5.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 138 138 38684721647 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 18 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 18 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 167505231904 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	113% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 195 Mixed 192 147% 195 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 4.15 4K Mixed 0.57 180% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 121%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 35GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 2391 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2608 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12329 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1952 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 205 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2402 (C2) HDA temperature 112 106 31 (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 7 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.3% Excellent	Read 153 Write 130 Mixed 112 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.29 101% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.3% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 19.9 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 21.1 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 104%

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Gaming 69%

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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 $242Bench 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	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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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