Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	116% 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	112% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '18 at 17:29
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 746 81% 644 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 156 Parallax 147 129% 154 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 145 Splatting 116 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6374 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1371 (B1) Unknown 98 98 91 (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 65 52 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 165 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23356841235	112% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 500 Mixed 512 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 42.5 156% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 132 141% 234 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 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 80 64 100918454 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 161 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15500068 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -103238128893588 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (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 72 68 488374300 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 468 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 94489280540 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 80 64 100918454 (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 123304216101150 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10350817544 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11396864841
Poor: 40% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 685GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 237787192 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2350 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 101415918 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4529 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 993 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 572588065 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24920 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 73014444065 (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 -28071906243881 (F1) Unknown 100 253 55059906208 (F2) Unknown 100 253 281377041212	70% Very good	Read 119 Write 125 Mixed 119 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.2 77% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-3200 2x8GB 795 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 27.7 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 38.8 SC Mixed 30.7 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 46.8 85% 46.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%

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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	2,220x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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