Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	153% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '18 at 03:47
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 (97^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 767 75% 617 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% 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 6286) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2565 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 159 Parallax 134 125% 148 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 142 Splatting 115 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 217GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9258 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 597 (B1) Unknown 97 97 48 (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 65 48 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 145 (F1) Unknown 99 99 43684590253	90.6% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 407 Mixed 420 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 24.3 146% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 43.1 DQ Write 97.3 DQ Mixed 25.6 32% 55.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 134%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 2,207 Write 374 Mixed 1,455 294% 1,345 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 21 134% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 25.9 35% 60.1 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 210%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 231GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8947 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 913 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 1874 (0A) Spinup retry count 118 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 169 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1420 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 210454642727 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1599 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 634 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	82.7% Excellent	Read 144 Write 144 Mixed 133 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.45 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.24 125% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 109%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 166GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155749520 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2448 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33435893 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9190 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 570 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 65 61 605421603 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6383 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 64424509475 (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 -134123238712083 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20436329901 (F2) Unknown 100 253 493573137461	83.6% Excellent	Read 153 Write 138 Mixed 119 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 0.37 163% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 110%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 2,149 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 24GB free, PID null Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	6.54% Terrible	Read 21.5 Write 10.7 Mixed 8.23 15% 13.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.35 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.3 27% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.54% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 27.5 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 35.4 SC Mixed 26.5 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 94%

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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