Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. 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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 01:06
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4560-$31 70,054 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 95.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 199 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 305 40% 300 Pts	64-Core 303 19% 303 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2163 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Lighting 82 Reflection 81.4 Parallax 68.2 67% 77.2 fps	MRender 75.4 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 76.8 62% 75.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 192 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 100 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 52 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1738613731	98% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 410 Mixed 418 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 27.8 154% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 47.9 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 27.7 60% 116 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 35526120 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 98 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 799649 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 188 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 98 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 64 60 639762468 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 423 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 85899345956 (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 57110180135075 (F1) Unknown 100 253 548445006 (F2) Unknown 100 253 307639587	109% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 185 Mixed 177 140% 185 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 29.4 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 28.8 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,662 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $94Bench 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: 74% - Very good

Total price: $781

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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) $39	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