Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.7% 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	230% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '18 at 17:04
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 145 2-Core 284 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 800 80% 650 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.5 85% 107 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 101 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$233 2,120 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 2,241 Write 1,101 Mixed 1,375 346% 1,572 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 44.1 166% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 539 DQ Write 467 DQ Mixed 130 200% 379 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 195%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 71057152 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5359 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3617711 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7417 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1377 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 640024614 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14462 (C2) HDA temperature 38 47 51539607590 (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 9517647528527 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14799575197 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15802667030	87.6% Excellent	Read 156 Write 150 Mixed 136 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 96%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 841GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 172 7825 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1707 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4357 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1198 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 238 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5314 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	67.8% Good	Read 120 Write 116 Mixed 116 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.28 110% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 341GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 47195344 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3846 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 61 4313371433 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15889 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3457 (B7) Unknown 95 95 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295163908 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 50 707330089 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 679 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8076 (C2) HDA temperature 41 50 34359738409 (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 -7125350723954 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12027566758 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14742099037	93.2% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 161 Mixed 102 105% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5.42 4K Mixed 0.56 183% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 57GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198576912 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1792 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 829708 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4648 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1273 (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 57 54 724238379 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15186 (C2) HDA temperature 43 46 55834574891 (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 -105450037048130 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6766895409 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3349864420	93.4% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 156 Mixed 156 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.16 61% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 32GB free Firmware: CC25 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 120 99 1444088 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2162 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 98856867635 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1903 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BE) vendor-specific 54 49 774701102 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 201 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27932 (C2) HDA temperature 46 51 42949673006 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 63513976380141 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33282892643 (F2) Unknown 100 253 155754447838	66.7% Good	Read 116 Write 117 Mixed 124 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.13 46% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLE8G4D30AEEA.K16FE 04CD F4-3000C15-8GTZB 16GB 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.5% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 14.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns

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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	2,225x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $636

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $45	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