Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 23:59
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 786 79% 643 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 78.4 Reflection 88.2 Parallax 84.6 64% 83.7 fps	MRender 82.5 Gravity 74.4 Splatting 68.7 61% 75.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14015 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2190 (B1) Unknown 97 97 149 (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 59 57 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 451 (EB) Unknown 99 99 318 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31253643002	78.6% Very good	Read 505 Write 479 Mixed 503 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 50.8 4K Mixed 19.3 88% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 99.6 DQ Mixed 17.8 27% 48.7 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 124%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 490GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 160 (03) Spinup time 172 167 2391 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5509 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3442 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1622 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27782 (C2) HDA temperature 116 93 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 10 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	62% Good	Read 102 Write 114 Mixed 103 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.28 98% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C17 2x4GB-$108 153 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 42.6 MC Write 43.6 MC Mixed 32.2 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 44.4 SC Mixed 33.6 97% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 45.8 87% 45.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 118%

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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	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	178x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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