Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	194% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 11:03
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (49^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-$180 588,978 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 (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 768 74% 612 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E329) CLim: 1040 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 58.3 Parallax 107 65% 81.4 fps	MRender 58.5 Gravity 78.4 Splatting 74.3 58% 70.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 290GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 66 53 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 306584284	84.3% Excellent	Read 371 Write 326 Mixed 325 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 33.7 134% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 131 116% 174 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 134%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,552 Write 1,059 Mixed 1,242 285% 1,284 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 41.5 196% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 42.6 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 28.4 72% 141 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 283%
Intel SS DSC2BF180A4L 180GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 38GB free Firmware: LADi Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 360 Write 164 Mixed 196 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 37.1 4K Mixed 14.8 62% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 45.1 54% 92 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 72%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 541GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 189083296 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1923 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16700875 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4353 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1413 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 572129311 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4397 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 73014444063 (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 -107666240172535 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13074941602 (F2) Unknown 100 253 415032474178	78.9% Very good	Read 129 Write 145 Mixed 116 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 5.27 4K Mixed 0.58 184% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 108%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 142GB free Firmware: 01.01D01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8891 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3490 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2975 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 274 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3215 (C2) HDA temperature 111 95 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 19	50.7% Above average	Read 84.9 Write 91.1 Mixed 81.6 65% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.43 127% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 34.2 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 45.9 SC Mixed 33.4 98% 34.2 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 125%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,623 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 - $191

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,219x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16