Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 92.2%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	87.9% 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	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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months 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 (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-6600K-$231 111,329 User benchmarks, average bench 89% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	SC Int 117 SC Float 127 SC Mixed 122 98% 122 Pts	QC Int 470 QC Float 507 QC Mixed 487 111% 488 Pts	MC Int 470 MC Float 491 MC Mixed 485 72% 482 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$450 3,118 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 04A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 251 Reflection 154 Parallax 395 94% 267 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 274 Splatting 174 84% 191 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7WD960HMHP-000AZ 960GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 356GB free Firmware: DXV8DW3Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Relative performance (0^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: 83% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 98%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$200 18,093 User benchmarks, average bench 173% 180GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Performing as expected (44^th 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: 120% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 216%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$732 482 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^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: 70% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 136%

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

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Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 65%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 - $147

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $358Bench 91%, 198,716 samples	4,096x
Core i5-6600KIntel $231Bench 89%, 111,329 samples	956x
Core i7-7700KIntel $290Bench 99%, 164,156 samples	386x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 282,479 samples	1,318x
GTX 1080Nvidia $550Bench 126%, 192,874 samples	1,144x
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 265,166 samples	561x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $135Bench 96%, 197,216 samples	628x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 270,334 samples	589x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $586Bench 215%, 18,680 samples	351x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $190Bench 85%, 62,158 samples	427x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 1,654 samples	379x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $204Bench 90%, 39,089 samples	302x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,277

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $325	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $135
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $190	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $931	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $204	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12