Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.5% 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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '16 at 09:30
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 87.5 1-Core 145 2-Core 286 94% 173 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 569 76% 570 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2980) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.9% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 88.3 Parallax 73.8 67% 81.3 fps	MRender 82.9 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 70 61% 75.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 480GB-$200 235 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 158GB free Firmware: 580A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9465987 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15144054687502 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 462 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 215 (B1) Unknown 0 0 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 31 43 17182687263 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 17182687263 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9465987 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9465987 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9465987 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 64424509441 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2925 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3432 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3432 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3648	42.3% Average	Read 315 Write 221 Mixed 238 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 7.32 4K Write 16 4K Mixed 12 35% 11.8 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 56.1 DQ Mixed 7.86 34% 78.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 59%
Corsai Neutron SSD 240GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: M206 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17576 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2450 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 0 25772490779 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 1 (EA) Unknown 100 100 45123 (F1) Unknown 100 100 20924 (F2) Unknown 100 100 25727 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 50533	60.5% Good	Read 441 Write 268 Mixed 388 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 6.11 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 18.9 60% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 16.7 DQ Mixed 64 74% 135 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 93%
Hitach HDS721010CLA332 1TB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 929GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 65537 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 131 131 17200513286 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8811 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24774 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2641 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9344 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9344 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 171799019547 (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 1	75% Very good	Read 138 Write 124 Mixed 113 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.41 95% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.8 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 22.5 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 104%

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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	2,233x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	475x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	484x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	394x
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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $643

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16