Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	227% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '18 at 17:56
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 478 64% 480 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 120 Parallax 115 92% 116 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 106 Splatting 104 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 281GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 973 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 507 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 341 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 550022809	112% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 414 Mixed 421 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 47.8 174% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 126 133% 225 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 223GB free Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 17159 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2100 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 158 (A9) Unknown 100 100 228 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 50 (AE) Unknown 100 100 62 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 78 145 622771240982 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 322 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11798 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4970 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8928 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	100% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 471 Mixed 426 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 28.9 131% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 67.9 114% 222 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 113GB free Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 8356 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1990 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 41 (A8) Unknown 100 100 137 (A9) Unknown 100 100 696 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 32 (AE) Unknown 100 100 320 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 34 146029936663 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 262 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8531 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4273 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7231 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	103% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 491 Mixed 476 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 30.5 130% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 65.1 114% 225 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 2,517 Write 947 Mixed 1,210 340% 1,558 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 35.4 188% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 397 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 120 137% 240 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 236%
WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)-$65 1,900 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 236 234 5183 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1628 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5757 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1628 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6220 (C2) HDA temperature 124 111 28 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.2% Good	Read 103 Write 114 Mixed 107 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.24 95% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 83%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 178 7900 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1911 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7910 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1880 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 128 128 217868 (C2) HDA temperature 119 106 33 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41.5% Average	Read 76.7 Write 67.6 Mixed 74.8 55% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.26 95% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 683GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 229 1191 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2585 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 38844 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2488 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2383 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 33 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.5% Above average	Read 100 Write 82.4 Mixed 78.5 65% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.33 114% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 518 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 42.6 MC Mixed 36.2 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 43.2 SC Mixed 30.7 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 129%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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