Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 145% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 126% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	144% 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	229% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '17 at 03:10
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 152 2-Core 300 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 839 86% 697 Pts	64-Core 840 52% 840 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Lighting 209 Reflection 216 Parallax 211 170% 212 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 194 Splatting 136 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5092 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2643 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 120 (AE) Unknown 99 99 491 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 843 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 38 39 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 30968 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13337 (F2) Unknown 99 99 13980	229% Outstanding	Read 1,924 Write 1,089 Mixed 1,161 307% 1,391 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 52.3 211% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 615 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 241 245% 404 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 220%
SSD 480GB 16,522 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 82GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2088 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1103 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 499 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393232 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 470 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3511	105% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 507 Mixed 496 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 14.9 133% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 69.6 125% 245 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 98%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 297GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 80 (03) Spinup time 133 133 42980999624 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 449 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17934 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 448 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4266 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4266 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 188979609630 (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	48.1% Average	Read 77.8 Write 89.6 Mixed 94.2 66% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.21 89% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3200-MR 2x8GB 3,635 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 33.7 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 44.9 SC Mixed 33.3 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

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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	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	482x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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