Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.56% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	166% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '17 at 16:19
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 750 72% 595 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4550 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.56% Terrible	Lighting 8.03 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 7.62 6% 9 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 6.87 Splatting 16.1 10% 11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.56% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 67GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3082 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 656 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 51 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 620 (EB) Unknown 99 99 175 (F1) Unknown 99 99 649658731	43.8% Average	Read 359 Write 115 Mixed 192 48% 222 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 21.9 4K Mixed 14.6 65% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 83.6 DQ Write 41 DQ Mixed 22.6 27% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 114%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,905 Write 898 Mixed 1,115 287% 1,306 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 50.1 4K Mixed 23.1 105% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 73 DQ Write 95.9 DQ Mixed 37.3 41% 68.8 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 243%
Seagate ST1000NM0011 1TB 6,787 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 931GB free Firmware: SN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 204274617 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6320 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 17201547771 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7031 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 667 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 91 150326214699 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 47 521404447 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 210 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11318 (C2) HDA temperature 31 53 68719476767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 99 204274617 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	82.6% Excellent	Read 143 Write 145 Mixed 137 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.64 146% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 84%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 619GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 140 Write 183 Mixed 117 109% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 3.21 4K Mixed 0.65 154% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 184%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 466GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 177 5950 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2182 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6696 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1394 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1664 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3267 (C2) HDA temperature 118 88 32 (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 18 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.3% Average	Read 77.3 Write 76.6 Mixed 77.1 58% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.43 117% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$234 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.1 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 20.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 117%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
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 $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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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