Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	145% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 08:10
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 277 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 769 79% 638 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2570 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$139 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 165GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1654 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 365 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 67 61 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6722318351	119% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 410 Mixed 421 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 52.7 194% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 133 143% 242 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 48 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1646 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 354 (64) Unknown 100 100 971392 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 14 (B2) Unknown 100 100 1 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 38 (C2) HDA temperature 39 100 266288955431 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 48 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 7 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 10 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3335 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2937 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3239 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1490	145% Outstanding	Read 1,135 Write 737 Mixed 841 200% 904 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 16.7 133% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 406 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 19 109% 251 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 159%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 64GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 771 Write 436 Mixed 71.6 92% 426 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 21.7 106% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 428 DQ Mixed 63.9 130% 259 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 182%
MB1000ECWCQ 1TB 332 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 543GB free Firmware: HPG4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 71699297 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 258239055 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5669 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 835763382 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 51539607587 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0	83.7% Excellent	Read 145 Write 146 Mixed 133 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.48 132% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 103%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 352GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 155 7100 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10444 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46621 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2526 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 187 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10444 (C2) HDA temperature 109 102 41 (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	38% Below average	Read 81.6 Write 50.6 Mixed 71.9 52% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.34 87% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 51%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 329GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 108 Write 123 Mixed 72.8 129% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 7.93 4K Mixed 0.4 285% 2.92 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 24.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 99%

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

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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	2,212x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	294x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	178x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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