Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	98.5% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '16 at 12:41
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$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 (98^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 740 76% 611 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FD) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 154 Parallax 129 122% 144 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 132 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3G2480G 480GB 1,177 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 402GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 16 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 999 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 53 52 206160199727 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 33 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 63 (F2) Unknown 100 100 73 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 20928	98.5% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 501 Mixed 503 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 13.3 116% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 62.2 118% 232 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 107%
Kingston SM2280S3G2480G 480GB 1,177 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 399GB free Firmware: SAFM01.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 16 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1139 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 61 57 184685297703 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 40 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 73 (F2) Unknown 100 100 86 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 22208	99.7% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 497 Mixed 506 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 13.5 122% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 64.4 119% 235 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 107%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 462GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 148 1391 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 746 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 726 (BF) G-sense error rate 98 98 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 52323 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 80 80 15113 (F1) Unknown 200 200 34105869456 (F2) Unknown 200 200 38269679254 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	53.6% Above average	Read 92.8 Write 93.8 Mixed 90.5 70% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.27 86% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GB 3,147 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 24.9 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 79%

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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	2,220x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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