Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 134% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	180% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 11:00
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 147 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 805 85% 680 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6698) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 209 Parallax 183 152% 193 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 183 Splatting 127 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 951 Write 957 Mixed 950 213% 953 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 57.5 206% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 404 DQ Write 483 DQ Mixed 32 138% 306 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 445%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 168GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 591 Write 369 Mixed 414 101% 458 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 6.53 104% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 6.34 23% 46.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 237%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$79 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 896GB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 400 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2252 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 8624889861 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1560 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 471007260 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3596 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 55834574876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 4 400 (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 38040525347945 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4076049118 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2725743399	59.9% Above average	Read 112 Write 96.6 Mixed 87.7 74% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.46 86% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$79 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 851GB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 1032 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1856 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6075185 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8063 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1557 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 10 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 487850013 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2868 (C2) HDA temperature 29 46 60129542173 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 5 1032 (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 -69148973459236 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1980126054 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1803728721	62.4% Good	Read 108 Write 110 Mixed 99 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.48 102% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 35.1 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 42.4 SC Mixed 34.6 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 119%

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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	2,228x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16