Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	88.8% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '17 at 23:41
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 83.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 92% 170 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 791 82% 661 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 205 Parallax 180 154% 191 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 179 Splatting 129 118% 146 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1634 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 653 (B1) Unknown 99 99 19 (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 68 45 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13484370612	88.8% Excellent	Read 513 Write 403 Mixed 416 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 24.3 140% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 45.8 DQ Write 80.7 DQ Mixed 24.1 29% 50.2 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 134%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 147GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,240 Write 1,453 Mixed 1,527 385% 1,740 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 54.2 241% 97 MB/s	DQ Read 49.3 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 35.9 61% 112 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 283%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 565GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 190 6116 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 768 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2012 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 688 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8153 (C2) HDA temperature 119 97 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43% Average	Read 72.2 Write 77.8 Mixed 66.2 54% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.23 63% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.3% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 20.3 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 21 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 115%

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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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 $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 $179	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) $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