Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	74.5% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '17 at 05:03
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 267 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 750 76% 617 Pts	64-Core 752 47% 752 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6188) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 158 Parallax 144 115% 148 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 113 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 527GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,477 Write 1,147 Mixed 1,476 374% 1,700 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 56.8 239% 90.4 MB/s	DQ Read 703 DQ Write 444 DQ Mixed 243 270% 463 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 302%
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1203AB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st 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 100 100 892 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 614 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 19 (A3) Unknown 100 100 320 (94) Unknown 100 100 110508 (95) Unknown 100 100 1511 (96) Unknown 100 100 1328 (97) Unknown 100 100 1473 (A4) Unknown 100 100 29898 (A5) Unknown 100 100 90 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45261039140897 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 140736 (F2) Unknown 100 100 967988 (F5) Unknown 100 100 176585 (F6) Unknown 100 100 221016 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	74.5% Very good	Read 479 Write 237 Mixed 268 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 23.6 102% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 46.5 83% 168 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 92%
Plextor PX-512M3 512GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 200GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^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 2809 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1128 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 130	83.6% Excellent	Read 484 Write 385 Mixed 428 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 29.6 107% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 63 76% 137 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 219GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 230419475 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5363 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 19 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 129490221 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15013 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1520 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 605356065 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 17 230419475 (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 -38869454008375 (F1) Unknown 100 253 788384062 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2166935403
Poor: 34% Great: 68%

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 @ 3400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 45 MC Mixed 36.1 117% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 48.6 SC Mixed 33.1 99% 34.7 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 114% 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 $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 $92Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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