Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 77% 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 99.6%, 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	216% 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	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

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '16 at 21:30
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 98.4 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 826 85% 684 Pts	64-Core 827 51% 827 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6175 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 112 Parallax 100 88% 107 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 90.6 76% 93.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,889 Write 900 Mixed 1,174 291% 1,321 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 214 4K Mixed 26 216% 95.3 MB/s	DQ Read 730 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 26.9 153% 362 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 243%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC128MAG 128GB 2,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 119GB free Firmware: 0006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 434 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 96256 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16612 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2754 (AA) Unknown 100 100 47 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 41 41 2960 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B5) Unknown 100 100 11291523221257 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 169 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 11064 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 47 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 190 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 41 41 59 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	52.5% Above average	Read 346 Write 138 Mixed 201 50% 228 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 3.79 83% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 3.41 48% 115 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 140GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 208967088 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3528 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 73224770 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1999 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098370 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 67 52 555810849 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 46 46 109751 (C2) HDA temperature 33 48 51539607585 (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 -61795989448868 (F1) Unknown 100 253 119660837215583 (F2) Unknown 100 253 120138737801635	66.4% Good	Read 108 Write 124 Mixed 107 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.33 88% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB-$82 1,785 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 43.2 MC Write 46.2 MC Mixed 32.6 116% 40.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 49.6 SC Mixed 35.6 105% 36.7 GB/s	Latency 44.2 91% 44.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%

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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	2,227x
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 $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	392x
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	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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