Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.4% 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	236% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '16 at 01:09
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 742 73% 600 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91% 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 4998) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6191 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 121 Parallax 109 96% 116 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 104 Splatting 89.9 79% 97.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.4% 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% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,898 Write 902 Mixed 1,071 284% 1,290 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 226 4K Mixed 52.4 260% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 911 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 201 257% 476 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 243%
Crucial M4 512GB-$74 4,600 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 84GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15972 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1055 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 56 (AE) Unknown 100 100 393 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1975693410634 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 153 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	74.1% Very good	Read 506 Write 252 Mixed 339 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 11.5 107% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 10.7 57% 127 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 81%
Plextor PX-128M3P 128GB 229 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 23GB free Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14371 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1024 (B1) Unknown 100 100 217402 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 179 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 18 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0	82.9% Excellent	Read 497 Write 322 Mixed 387 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 31.2 110% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 37 76% 152 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 92%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 15GB free Firmware: CXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16717 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1067 (B1) Unknown 98 98 50 (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 52 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 384 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9017195229	78.3% Very good	Read 499 Write 389 Mixed 436 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 22 93% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 61 DQ Mixed 55.6 64% 116 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 86%
Jmicron 2TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2TB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 36.2 Write 39.6 Mixed 38.8 50% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 34.6 112% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 45.9 SC Mixed 34.3 98% 34.5 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 107%

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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	2,234x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	476x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	484x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	394x
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 $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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: $646

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16