Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151019
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '16 at 22:32
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 140 2-Core 276 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 778 78% 635 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 36DA) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Lighting 90.5 Reflection 87.7 Parallax 77 74% 85.1 fps	MRender 82.8 Gravity 77.5 Splatting 70.2 62% 76.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 64GB 4,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 59GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9091 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1647 (B1) Unknown 85 85 533 (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 79 56 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 140 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23124171436	58.7% Above average	Read 503 Write 156 Mixed 240 65% 300 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 43.4 4K Mixed 15.4 72% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 55.8 DQ Mixed 45 65% 128 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 63%
Samsung 830 64GB 4,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8969 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1660 (B1) Unknown 98 98 41 (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 78 60 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 1044 (EB) Unknown 99 99 143 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1457909655	59.2% Above average	Read 505 Write 155 Mixed 239 65% 300 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 44.1 4K Mixed 15.3 74% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 53.8 DQ Mixed 45.4 65% 128 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$70 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 205640192 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 47447507 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9398 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1841 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 75 75 25 (BE) vendor-specific 74 58 437911578 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 272 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45511 (C2) HDA temperature 26 42 42949672986 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 15 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 56538949488033 (F1) Unknown 100 253 107356415298642 (F2) Unknown 100 253 72267103610129	96.8% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 156 Mixed 140 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.32 90% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3300 C16 4x4GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 44 MC Mixed 35.5 115% 40.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 46.4 SC Mixed 35.3 100% 35.1 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%

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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	2,248x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	478x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	301x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	489x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	396x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	180x
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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	124x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Total price: $781

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