Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.1% 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	207% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '17 at 07:44
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 297 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 811 83% 672 Pts	64-Core 825 51% 825 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 97 86% 105 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 99 80% 96.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 292GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,571 Write 1,225 Mixed 1,230 298% 1,342 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 31.2 206% 88.7 MB/s	DQ Read 44 DQ Write 386 DQ Mixed 207 162% 212 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 283%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$64 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01K04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 148 146 11558 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2312 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7845 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 147 (10) Unknown 1 199 74259210917 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6642 (C2) HDA temperature 117 110 35 (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	76.2% Very good	Read 141 Write 124 Mixed 121 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.4 118% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 96%
Seagate ST3000VM002-1F316N 3TB 881 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2TB free Firmware: SC12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 183283656 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1816 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7570158 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 206 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 521273372 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1825 (C2) HDA temperature 28 50 68719476764 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	77% Very good	Read 136 Write 132 Mixed 159 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.12 71% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 100%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2BC10004 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 21 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 86 86 4272 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4941 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10634 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1460 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 51 231929348125 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 683 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 5 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 159343	62.5% Good	Read 101 Write 116 Mixed 120 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.31 92% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 70%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 924GB free Firmware: AX1E1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th 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 1682 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 52 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 5649 (0A) Spinup retry count 101 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 97811 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 141735165979 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1463 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 264 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	61.4% Good	Read 104 Write 110 Mixed 98 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%
Kingston HyperX Savage USB 3.1 64GB-$48 753 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 57GB free, PID 16b3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 295 Write 95.1 Mixed 107 173% 166 MB/s	4K Read 8.1 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 29.9 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 30.2 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 106%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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	297x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	392x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $48Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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