Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '16 at 05:48
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 90.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 562 75% 559 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2980) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5382 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 86.7 Parallax 73.9 65% 80.1 fps	MRender 79.6 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 68.1 60% 73.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 480GB-$200 235 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 242GB free Firmware: 580A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5412675 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -120628451473984 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 395 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 148 (B1) Unknown 0 0 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 43 17182687265 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 17182687265 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5412675 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5412675 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5412675 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 64424509441 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2579 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3218 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3218 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3262	49.5% Average	Read 370 Write 220 Mixed 204 58% 265 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 13.4 4K Mixed 13.4 53% 15.2 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 57.4 DQ Mixed 37.5 49% 90.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 59%
Corsai Neutron SSD 240GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: M206 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^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 81 81 17242 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2384 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 0 25772490783 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 1 (EA) Unknown 100 100 43975 (F1) Unknown 100 100 20393 (F2) Unknown 100 100 24903 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 46751	88.7% Excellent	Read 517 Write 298 Mixed 419 91% 411 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 19.5 121% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 66.3 122% 242 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 93%
Hitach HDS721010CLA332 1TB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 930GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 327680 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 121 121 25790316858 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8745 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24439 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2575 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8846 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8846 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 171799019549 (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 1	76.2% Very good	Read 121 Write 145 Mixed 122 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.4 104% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 76%
Patriot Memory 8GB 193 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 15.8 Write 3.74 Mixed 6.42 9% 8.66 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	78% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 25.3 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 22.7 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 104%

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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	2,228x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	392x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

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