Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.2% 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	87.5% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '17 at 16:51
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 716 79% 622 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1606 MHz, MLim: 1777 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 121 Parallax 109 95% 116 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 108 Splatting 93.2 81% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 211GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 633 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 477 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5832766 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 552 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 90 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 67 287763529760 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 73015361553 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 891 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1287 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1157 (F2) Unknown 253 253 764 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.7% Good	Read 292 Write 266 Mixed 221 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 9.01 100% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 12.5 59% 136 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 10848 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1201 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 285 (A9) Unknown 100 100 307 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 163 (AE) Unknown 100 100 143 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 148 635656405025 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1323 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 42506 (F1) Unknown 253 253 19357 (F2) Unknown 253 253 17663 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	87.5% Excellent	Read 437 Write 446 Mixed 382 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 17.8 130% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.8 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 17.3 43% 85.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB-$227 628 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 26.7 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 26.8 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,219x
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 $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 $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 $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 $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