Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	212% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '18 at 01:41
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 755 81% 642 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 80 Parallax 69.6 65% 76.5 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 71.6 59% 72.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,922 Write 1,102 Mixed 1,156 307% 1,394 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 23.5 175% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 465 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 19.6 120% 279 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 236%
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 99GB free Firmware: O0918B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 180 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 816 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 50 (A3) Unknown 100 100 19 (A4) Unknown 100 100 9194 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 218 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 48601 (F2) Unknown 100 100 61043 (F5) Unknown 100 100 73552	75.1% Very good	Read 496 Write 300 Mixed 376 86% 391 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 17.2 118% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22.9 DQ Write 96.8 DQ Mixed 18.6 26% 46.1 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 96%
Super Talent Express DUO USB 3.0 16GB-$22 28 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 15GB free, PID 0305 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 67.2 Write 18.6 Mixed 24.7 38% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 0.09 4K Mixed 0.01 45% 3.78 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 45.3 MC Mixed 35.6 117% 40.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 48.6 SC Mixed 32.5 99% 34.7 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%

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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 $241Bench 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