Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.2% 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	69.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '17 at 05:13
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CRI-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 699 70% 572 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 107 Parallax 90.4 86% 101 fps	MRender 86 Gravity 85.3 Splatting 88 71% 86.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 468GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 549 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 123 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2859991958	69.2% Good	Read 496 Write 403 Mixed 405 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 14.6 76% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 48.6 DQ Write 59.6 DQ Mixed 12.1 21% 40.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 133%
Kingston SM2280S3 SATA M.2 120GB-$128 1,644 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 97GB free Firmware: S8FM06.A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^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 4711 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1194 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (AA) Unknown 100 100 315 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12714224 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9829 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6605 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3837 (F4) Unknown 100 100 194 (F5) Unknown 100 100 240 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7088784	60.5% Good	Read 496 Write 340 Mixed 397 91% 411 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 34.8 4K Mixed 7.99 58% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 76.4 DQ Write 67.8 DQ Mixed 21.8 30% 55.3 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 623GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 16 (03) Spinup time 176 173 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5916 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2273 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 201 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5714 (C2) HDA temperature 103 97 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 6	96.4% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 166 Mixed 162 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.3 110% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.3 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.3 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 112%

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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	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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	198x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	178x
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