Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93% 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	246% 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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '18 at 16:48
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 278 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 552 73% 548 Pts	64-Core 558 34% 558 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 120 Parallax 113 97% 117 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 104 Splatting 106 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 380GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 2,042 Write 1,405 Mixed 1,249 346% 1,565 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 45 206% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 444 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 144 169% 296 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 254%
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 120GB 4,336 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 25GB free Firmware: SAFM12.G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^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 0 (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 100 100 10464 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 613 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 180 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2359381 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C2) HDA temperature 72 56 188979544092 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 94 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4014 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8538 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4219 (F4) Unknown 100 100 36 (F5) Unknown 100 100 85 (F6) Unknown 100 100 854992	93.7% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 432 Mixed 492 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 13.4 115% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 58.3 113% 225 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 83%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 163 6675 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 927 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2302 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 755 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17006 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 32 (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	58.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 104 Mixed 94.4 75% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.15 63% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 65%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 175GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 2441 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2172 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10444 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 606 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25886 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 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	71.1% Very good	Read 129 Write 118 Mixed 105 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.32 119% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 44 MC Mixed 36.8 111% 38.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 43.3 SC Mixed 31.9 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

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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