Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '16 at 23:02
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 136 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 750 78% 627 Pts	64-Core 751 46% 751 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3176) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 81 Reflection 81.6 Parallax 74.2 66% 78.9 fps	MRender 78.4 Gravity 74.6 Splatting 66.2 59% 73.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 450 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 332 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 176 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262158 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 88 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1972	74% Very good	Read 508 Write 348 Mixed 346 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 8.91 94% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.5 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 8.95 44% 92.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 97%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494169897 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 325 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 449 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 325 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 362 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 362 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 201865035814 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 170 Mixed 169 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.19 87% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3162 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 33.2 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 43.3 SC Mixed 32.8 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 115%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 - $191

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,228x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	392x
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 $48Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $646

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16