Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.9% 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	128% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '17 at 17:04
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 280 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 764 74% 609 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 115 Parallax 94.9 85% 105 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 93.2 Splatting 101 79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 638 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 7456 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 322 (64) Unknown 100 100 6220672 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 28 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 94 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 100 274878562353 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 638 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 304 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 638 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 15183 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12033 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10558 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 3451	128% Outstanding	Read 1,095 Write 637 Mixed 744 182% 825 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 17.1 132% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 35 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 15.1 56% 116 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 159%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 502GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 30GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 94 9225212 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9588 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 59 210504908287 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 49023 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 369372823639 (BD) vendor-specific 62 62 38 (BE) vendor-specific 68 48 555745312 (C2) HDA temperature 32 52 68719476768 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 34 9225212 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -85602993142886 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2573942236 (F2) Unknown 100 253 666618218	50.5% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 80.3 Mixed 77.8 63% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 56%
VM0500EBQHB 500GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 26GB free Firmware: HPG0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 2681 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 23 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 389 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (B4) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 62 639762468 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 47 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 163209871396 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	51.9% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 85.6 Mixed 105 72% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.35 87% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 52%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$90 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 216 168 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 16 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 211 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1719 (C2) HDA temperature 116 115 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	92.5% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 163 Mixed 149 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 0.17 97% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 96%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 1,355 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 300GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 107 Write 100 Mixed 80.6 121% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.21 64% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 33.4 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 43.8 SC Mixed 32.2 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,245x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	477x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	299x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	488x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	395x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	150x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	119x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	126x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	124x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $772

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16