Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.4% 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	86.3% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '16 at 18:48
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 505 71% 525 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1613 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 373.6 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 123 Parallax 118 96% 120 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 109 Splatting 102 86% 105 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 134GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17219 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 901 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 175 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5187537166	85.2% Excellent	Read 506 Write 349 Mixed 352 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 22.4 140% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 47 DQ Write 88.3 DQ Mixed 71.2 53% 68.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM03B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22791 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1130 (B1) Unknown 91 91 298 (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 72 60 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 255 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29129918659	86.3% Excellent	Read 511 Write 277 Mixed 381 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 23.9 147% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 37.3 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 67.7 73% 115 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 84GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6318 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 519 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 70 60 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5553476800	108% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 416 Mixed 420 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 28.7 163% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 108 140% 255 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 37GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10585 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 636 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 65 58 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 73 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4998941225	57.2% Above average	Read 504 Write 33.6 Mixed 65.7 42% 201 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 34.6 4K Mixed 10.8 89% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 72.9 DQ Mixed 25.1 68% 154 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$234 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 35 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 42.6 SC Mixed 31.9 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 117%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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) $35	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