Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	76.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840x2160x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 13:57
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 104 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 650 65% 528 Pts	64-Core 573 35% 573 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 376B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 188 Parallax 166 135% 173 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 159 Splatting 111 104% 129 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 264GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^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 7291 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1775 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1374 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4915343 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C2) HDA temperature 65 52 206159675427 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (DA) Unknown 100 100 2 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 36087 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 27532 (F2) Unknown 100 100 33660 (F4) Unknown 100 100 75 (F5) Unknown 100 100 143 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10275200	76.1% Very good	Read 505 Write 417 Mixed 499 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 11.7 59% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 11.5 86% 198 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 110%
WD WD4002FFWX-68TZ4N0 4TB 829 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 145 145 30088823150 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 731 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1595 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 257 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1047 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1047 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 231929348134 (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 200 200 0	91.4% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 153 Mixed 160 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 0.61 160% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 114%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 172 7933 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2544 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4521 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 848 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 24945 (C2) HDA temperature 118 104 34 (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	81.1% Excellent	Read 137 Write 145 Mixed 133 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.26 95% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 101%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 481GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 6275 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8280 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21649 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5062 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 463 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 123 123 233923 (C2) HDA temperature 119 90 31 (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	27.2% Poor	Read 45.4 Write 49.5 Mixed 45.1 35% 46.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.22 58% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 27.9 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 24.4 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 97%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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