Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 126% UFO	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 99.5%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	143% 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	194% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 08:23
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$359 204,877 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	SC Int 138 SC Float 143 SC Mixed 141 112% 141 Pts	QC Int 476 QC Float 499 QC Mixed 485 110% 487 Pts	MC Int 694 MC Float 787 MC Mixed 744 111% 742 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$550 204,755 User benchmarks, average bench 125% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Lighting 475 Reflection 412 Parallax 480 147% 455 fps	MRender 257 Gravity 437 Splatting 264 140% 319 fps
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 143%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$200 18,727 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 136GB free Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,657 Write 814 Mixed 1,056 259% 1,175 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 42.8 202% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 496 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 182 196% 330 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 216%
Samsung PM830 128GB 2,925 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 79GB free Firmware: CXM03D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 27133 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1279 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 87 87 439 (B2) Unknown 94 94 116 (B3) Unknown 94 94 214 (B4) Unknown 94 94 3818 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 23 (E8) Unknown 94 94 1900 (F1) Unknown 99 99 37585613793 (F2) Unknown 99 99 25667509277	60.9% Good	Read 363 Write 307 Mixed 336 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 14.8 72% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 75.3 DQ Mixed 56.1 64% 113 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 71%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$42 481,388 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 497GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3342 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5249 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2182 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 780 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2561 (C2) HDA temperature 113 98 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 24 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	103% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 160 Mixed 146 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.31 126% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$183 64,104 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 28.9 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 30.4 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 65%

Battle cruiser

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $359Bench 91%, 204,877 samples	4,140x
Core i5-6600KIntel $222Bench 89%, 106,155 samples	969x
Core i7-7700KIntel $290Bench 99%, 158,585 samples	387x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 262,129 samples	1,330x
GTX 1080Nvidia $550Bench 125%, 204,755 samples	1,156x
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 246,752 samples	567x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 96%, 187,338 samples	632x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $90Bench 94%, 282,195 samples	595x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $586Bench 212%, 19,810 samples	358x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $183Bench 84%, 64,104 samples	429x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 1,655 samples	382x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $193Bench 91%, 38,488 samples	306x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,273

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $90
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $290	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $176	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) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $193	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $18