Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	24.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '17 at 03:21
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 764 80% 641 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 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% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2302 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 115 Parallax 96.6 86% 106 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 98.9 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 80GB free Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3685291 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -75325136427819 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 651 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 260 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 22 31 51541639190 (C2) HDA temperature 22 31 51541639190 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3685291 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3685291 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3685291 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 68719476736 (E9) Unknown 0 0 940 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1117 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1117 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5500 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1507334	66.3% Good	Read 444 Write 127 Mixed 168 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 15.3 123% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 35.6 52% 95.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 820GB free (System drive) Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 138 138 34386936224 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1240 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12888 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1234 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1242 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1242 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 180389347361 (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	89.6% Excellent	Read 161 Write 152 Mixed 151 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.18 82% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 1302 3000 C16 Series 1302 3000 C16 Series 1302 3000 C16 Series 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.5% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.9 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 23.4 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 75%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

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	482x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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