Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.7%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	139% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 22:10
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-6700K-$359 198,716 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	SC Int 138 SC Float 144 SC Mixed 140 112% 141 Pts	QC Int 454 QC Float 461 QC Mixed 450 103% 455 Pts	MC Int 666 MC Float 744 MC Mixed 722 106% 711 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$538 208,140 User benchmarks, average bench 127% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 431 Reflection 402 Parallax 421 132% 418 fps	MRender 246 Gravity 416 Splatting 258 134% 306 fps
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 142%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$200 17,640 User benchmarks, average bench 178% 44GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 1,217 Write 457 Mixed 812 182% 829 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 30.1 196% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 49.9 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 30.1 48% 87.1 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 218%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$79 2,865 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 158495551 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3005 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 4323254703 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7050 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1896 (B7) Unknown 50 50 50 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 58 655884327 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 175 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3397 (C2) HDA temperature 39 42 47244640295 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 24 158495551 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 7791070687626 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2691065592 (F2) Unknown 100 253 170409469	69.8% Good	Read 125 Write 119 Mixed 107 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.57 125% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$58 192,828 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 60GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85659008 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5071 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30835416 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4916 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 525 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 61 588644387 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37232 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 64424509475 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -140471200381170 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26624629917 (F2) Unknown 100 253 100228135699	78.1% Very good	Read 156 Write 116 Mixed 140 104% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.22 72% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 1,639 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 43.6 MC Mixed 34.3 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 48.8 SC Mixed 31.4 98% 34.5 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 65%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 - $147

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $359Bench 91%, 198,716 samples	4,116x
Core i5-6600KIntel $231Bench 89%, 111,329 samples	962x
Core i7-7700KIntel $290Bench 99%, 164,156 samples	387x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 265,250 samples	1,325x
GTX 1080Nvidia $538Bench 127%, 208,140 samples	1,150x
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 247,983 samples	564x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 96%, 191,118 samples	628x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 274,376 samples	591x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $586Bench 214%, 19,518 samples	356x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $183Bench 85%, 62,017 samples	428x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 1,639 samples	381x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $195Bench 91%, 36,892 samples	304x

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Total price: $1,273

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $310	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $204	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12