Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.5% 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	69% 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 (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '17 at 20:28
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	99%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 84.3 2-Core 69.4 58% 82.6 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 350 40% 314 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 127 Parallax 116 98% 121 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 122 Splatting 104 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 117 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5694 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1154 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 39 (AE) Unknown 100 100 296 (B4) Unknown 0 0 5558 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 60 171800002589 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 26420014518 (F7) Unknown 100 100 826076406 (F8) Unknown 100 100 528078681	69% Good	Read 502 Write 398 Mixed 395 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 14 74% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 12 25% 47 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 105%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 41GB free Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13385 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2200 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 39 (AE) Unknown 100 100 268 (B5) Unknown 100 100 987844247754 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 81 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	55.4% Above average	Read 496 Write 190 Mixed 277 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 49.3 4K Mixed 5.82 66% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 7.69 38% 85.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 72%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 50.0AB50 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 209 161 4533 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3205 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15644 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2087 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 400917 (C2) HDA temperature 120 109 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.3% Good	Read 118 Write 106 Mixed 102 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.17 68% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 67%

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 @ 3400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 34.5 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 29.1 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 102% 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	2,227x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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	391x
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 $98Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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