Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.8% 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	93.8% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '16 at 19:17
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (56^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)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 570 76% 571 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.7% 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 (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 123 Parallax 104 97% 115 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 109 Splatting 102 85% 104 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.8% 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 (26^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 5203260876	85.6% Excellent	Read 509 Write 347 Mixed 350 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 22.5 141% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 47.1 DQ Write 88.5 DQ Mixed 59.2 47% 64.9 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM03B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22792 (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 29142929489	93.8% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 300 Mixed 369 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 22.4 145% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 22.7 89% 202 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.8% 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 way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6319 (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 71 60 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5569293944	97.5% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 407 Mixed 423 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 29.1 165% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 47.7 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 28.1 36% 63.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.5% 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 (13^th 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 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 73 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5015088726	83.8% Excellent	Read 507 Write 345 Mixed 359 89% 404 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 22.7 136% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 44.2 DQ Write 87.6 DQ Mixed 22.6 30% 51.5 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.8% 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 (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 34.4 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 43.5 SC Mixed 31.4 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 117%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 - $191

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,218x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
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 $45Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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