Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	131% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	17.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 16:02
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 (95^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 144 2-Core 275 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 685 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 212 Parallax 186 148% 193 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 186 Splatting 131 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 1,368 Write 525 Mixed 631 184% 841 MB/s	4K Read 4.42 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 30.9 98% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 534 DQ Write 83.5 DQ Mixed 9.48 84% 209 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 247%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 697GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 88 89664488 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 18061 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 59 111718951117 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29406 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2173 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 66 66 34 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 3189 (BC) Unknown 100 20 12885230628 (BD) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (BE) vendor-specific 67 44 537425608737 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 313 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 45 45 110064 (C2) HDA temperature 33 56 -140737488355295 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 97 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 97 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 11370 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 14727442864916 (F1) Unknown 100 253 62644158024 (F2) Unknown 100 253 58779617654	81.7% Excellent	Read 148 Write 137 Mixed 135 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.29 93% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 113%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 271GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 98 677 (03) Spinup time 73 73 8840 (04) Start/Stop count 73 73 27656 (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 95 95 25667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 4 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4570 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 60 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 241 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 470482972 (C2) HDA temperature 67 53 554369057 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 360576 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 66 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	45% Average	Read 78.1 Write 78.5 Mixed 81.7 60% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.45 121% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 62%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 238GB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 89 (03) Spinup time 137 137 34387263905 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 16207 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 21701 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6154 (C0) Power-off retract count 85 85 19106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 19106 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 201864118303 (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	44.4% Average	Read 75.4 Write 79.3 Mixed 61.3 54% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.44 101% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS5C3030BLE630 3TB 1,336 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 89GB free Firmware: MZ6OAAB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 106 (03) Spinup time 139 139 30090461578 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5169 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15013 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3642 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5599 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5599 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 176094511139 (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
Poor: 42% Great: 88%
Seagate ST4000VX000-1F4168 4TB 3,084 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 79GB free Firmware: CV13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 127008608 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3621 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 25770251 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 746 (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 65 62 588251171 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3621 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 51539607587 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	46.4% Average	Read 62.7 Write 99 Mixed 91.6 64% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.15 56% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSC.16FARG 859B BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSC.16FARG 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 26.7 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 25.9 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 85%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,224x
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 $178	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