Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.8% 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	283% 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	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	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 21:12
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	BEL-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 i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 229 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 670 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 670 42% 670 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 113 Parallax 106 90% 110 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 96.3 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 403GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 2,321 Write 1,902 Mixed 1,945 458% 2,056 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 41.7 232% 93 MB/s	DQ Read 55.9 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 155 115% 145 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 234GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16845 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 208 (B1) Unknown 97 97 148 (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 74 58 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 105 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32562467846	107% Outstanding	Read 530 Write 502 Mixed 505 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 39.4 168% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 38.3 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 134 88% 101 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 125GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 814 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 46 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 71 66 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 884144229	115% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 415 Mixed 420 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 49 189% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 123 127% 214 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Hitachi HUS724040ALA640 4TB 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 922GB free Firmware: MFAOAA70 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 140 140 51571851873 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 55 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5455 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 530 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 530 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 176094642210 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	61.4% Good	Read 102 Write 112 Mixed 116 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.39 110% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 97%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 61GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 39 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 44 10106 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 404 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 48883 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 422 (B5) Unknown 98 98 49623201 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 63 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 61 167504379930 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3469 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5458	59.9% Above average	Read 70.1 Write 139 Mixed 78 71% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.27 84% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 4x8GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 44.1 MC Mixed 37.4 117% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 32 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 121%

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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	2,220x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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