Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.2% 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	53.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '17 at 21:32
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 79.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 254 86% 157 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 597 64% 511 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2777 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 102 Parallax 88 82% 96.9 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 112 Splatting 93.5 83% 102 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0121AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1399 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 33 (A3) Unknown 100 100 223 (94) Unknown 100 100 165027 (95) Unknown 100 100 2405 (96) Unknown 100 100 2210 (97) Unknown 100 100 2391 (A4) Unknown 100 100 36269 (A5) Unknown 100 100 83 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 44148659388448 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 274328 (F2) Unknown 100 100 120776 (F5) Unknown 100 100 214213 (F6) Unknown 100 100 330054 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	53.1% Above average	Read 488 Write 259 Mixed 268 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 17.9 4K Mixed 10.7 50% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 79.8 DQ Write 55.2 DQ Mixed 24.3 30% 53.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 92%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 4375 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 457 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1371 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 136 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 34000 (C2) HDA temperature 117 110 30 (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	66.4% Good	Read 114 Write 117 Mixed 115 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.29 101% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 84%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 197GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 98 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789399341 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 16828 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25392 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6030 (C0) Power-off retract count 86 86 17656 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 17656 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 231929479199 (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	42.7% Average	Read 67.7 Write 81.1 Mixed 65.8 54% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.22 54% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 305GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6910 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13877 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3311 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 837 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6080 (C2) HDA temperature 113 92 30 (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	75% Very good	Read 133 Write 128 Mixed 104 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.33 113% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x16GB 8,931 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 11.2 36% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 9.8 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 82 49% 82 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 57%

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

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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $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