Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	88% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840x2160x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 14:05
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	20%

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 i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 220 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 640 62% 510 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 376B) ≥ 4GB; GV-N108TTURBO-11GD CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 187 Parallax 163 135% 172 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 162 Splatting 109 103% 128 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 265GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7292 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1775 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1374 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4915343 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C2) HDA temperature 65 52 206159675427 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (DA) Unknown 100 100 2 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 36092 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 27537 (F2) Unknown 100 100 33666 (F4) Unknown 100 100 75 (F5) Unknown 100 100 143 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10276352	88% Excellent	Read 514 Write 500 Mixed 504 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 12.1 84% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 12.1 85% 195 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 110%
WD WD4002FFWX-68TZ4N0 4TB 829 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 145 145 30088823150 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 731 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1595 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 257 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1047 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1047 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 231929348134 (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 200 200 0	94.4% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 160 Mixed 163 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.45 139% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 114%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 172 7933 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2544 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4521 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 848 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 24949 (C2) HDA temperature 118 104 34 (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 0	88.5% Excellent	Read 167 Write 142 Mixed 134 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.26 97% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 101%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 481GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 6275 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8280 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21649 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5062 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 463 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 123 123 233927 (C2) HDA temperature 119 90 31 (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 0	27.8% Poor	Read 50 Write 46.8 Mixed 46.2 36% 47.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.14 49% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 28.4 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 23.8 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 97%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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