Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	168% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	57.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '17 at 22:23
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 507 68% 507 Pts	64-Core 491 30% 491 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 04A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Lighting 83.7 Reflection 59 Parallax 123 68% 88.7 fps	MRender 59.3 Gravity 91.2 Splatting 75.8 62% 75.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7WD960HMHP-000AZ 960GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 356GB free Firmware: DXV8DW3Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8203 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 110 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 7040 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 96 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4364790459	78.8% Very good	Read 497 Write 426 Mixed 462 103% 461 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 15 104% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 19.9 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 129 81% 87.3 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 98%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1,269 Write 832 Mixed 1,012 230% 1,038 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 44 204% 84.9 MB/s	DQ Read 41.4 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 25.8 47% 88.2 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 243%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$139 14,506 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 43.9 MC Mixed 38 116% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 44.3 SC Mixed 30.4 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 135%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,227x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	297x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	392x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16