Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.2% 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	82.9% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '16 at 05:19
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (99^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 742 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 120 Parallax 100 95% 112 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 105 Splatting 104 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 673GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 67 141735165980 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 105787826 (F7) Unknown 100 100 3341972 (F8) Unknown 100 100 619509 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3563 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	85.2% Excellent	Read 468 Write 330 Mixed 341 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 26.5 112% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 43.8 97% 203 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 104%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 773 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2208 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12897878164 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 29 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 42 180389806106 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 300649021510 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 521 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2764 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2453 (F2) Unknown 253 253 765 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	82.9% Excellent	Read 485 Write 310 Mixed 320 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 20.6 109% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 51.3 100% 205 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 788GB free Firmware: ML6OA180 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34386411932 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5578 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 148 148 28 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 31768 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2811 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5775 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5775 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 167504707614 (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	58.4% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 105 Mixed 84.6 72% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.34 80% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 73%
Lexar JumpDrive Triton USB 3.0 32GB-$72 45 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 30GB free, PID a203 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 80.9 Write 90.6 Mixed 54.2 96% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.79 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.29 35% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 42.6 MC Mixed 34.3 111% 39 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 45.5 SC Mixed 33.8 97% 33.9 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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	482x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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