Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	136% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 23:22
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	27%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 764 73% 605 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 153 Parallax 143 116% 146 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 138 Splatting 111 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 1,269 Write 379 Mixed 760 176% 803 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 28 197% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 53.7 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 29.8 49% 90 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 243%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160605293 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3008 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 4323257310 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7051 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1899 (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 64 58 606339108 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3400 (C2) HDA temperature 36 42 47244640292 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 24 160605293 (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 -103482942017135 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2693217873 (F2) Unknown 100 253 171631185	70.1% Very good	Read 125 Write 119 Mixed 113 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.61 133% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 60GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 88521600 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5075 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30837570 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4916 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 530 (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 67 61 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37263 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 64424509473 (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 -92045444118770 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26627098861 (F2) Unknown 100 253 100229881138	81% Excellent	Read 158 Write 125 Mixed 135 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.22 67% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 44.2 MC Mixed 35.1 113% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 42.8 SC Mixed 30 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 115%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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