Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% 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	169% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '17 at 18:25
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 765 76% 618 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 197 Reflection 199 Parallax 184 161% 194 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 190 Splatting 130 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4815 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.11% Terrible	Lighting 8.43 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 8.56 7% 9.77 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.7 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.11% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 1,014 Write 981 Mixed 987 222% 994 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 43.4 188% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 46.6 DQ Write 492 DQ Mixed 197 174% 245 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 133%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 125 8 (03) Spinup time 184 136 9800 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1433 (05) Reallocated sector count 187 187 401 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22741 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 284 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1468 (C2) HDA temperature 115 87 37 (C4) Reallocation count 192 192 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 39 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 24 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 35	81% Excellent	Read 144 Write 138 Mixed 138 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 3.23 4K Mixed 0.43 134% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 184903936 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 61 61 40942 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 384909571 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22775 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2607 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 69 469 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 44 17684365342 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 81 81 39141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 77568 (C2) HDA temperature 30 56 42949672990 (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 -61598420938712 (F1) Unknown 100 253 159979521104 (F2) Unknown 100 253 178545977278	99.9% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 171 Mixed 138 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.22 60% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 29.1 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 29.8 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 118%

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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	2,218x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

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 $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 $45Bench 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 $15	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