Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '17 at 02:05
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 572 76% 571 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 86.4 Reflection 68.6 Parallax 87.9 70% 81 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 66.7 Splatting 55.8 51% 63.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^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 1277 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 206 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 100 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 57 184684707870 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4404801902 (F7) Unknown 100 100 138091816 (F8) Unknown 100 100 59376125 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1931 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	67.1% Good	Read 486 Write 310 Mixed 283 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 9.03 92% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 21.9 DQ Write 97.9 DQ Mixed 13.6 24% 44.5 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 99%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$229 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 147164515 (03) Spinup time 89 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4660 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 54 335079309995 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 20025 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 719 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 21 21 79 (BB) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (BC) Unknown 100 96 1181134094669 (BD) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BE) vendor-specific 66 28 -129050293174238 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 312 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15374 (C2) HDA temperature 34 72 25769803810 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 7 -4147802781 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -3534758071907 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2025709793 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2256745998	74.9% Very good	Read 130 Write 131 Mixed 124 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.6 141% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 30.7 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 42.8 SC Mixed 31.3 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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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	2,212x
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 $132	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