Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.8% 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	67.7% 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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '18 at 18:04
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 (89^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 723 71% 582 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 111 Parallax 96.1 90% 106 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 98.8 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 62GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5100 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 73 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 63 53 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9688280590	119% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 408 Mixed 418 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 51.9 190% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 136 155% 267 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -83064666582557 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 292 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 216 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 105 105 11937718 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 216 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 715862 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 37 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 715862 (F2) Unknown 100 100 433620 (F9) Unknown 100 100 27810	67.7% Good	Read 495 Write 124 Mixed 220 61% 280 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 16.9 114% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 49.5 68% 125 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 88%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 112GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 144 5450 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4251 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 14 14 63207 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1619 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 511 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4247 (C2) HDA temperature 106 100 41 (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 0	29.8% Poor	Read 50.8 Write 52.8 Mixed 55.6 40% 53.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.37 81% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 62%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 56GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 152 5191 (04) Start/Stop count 77 77 23743 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 14 14 62827 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1717 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 580 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23741 (C2) HDA temperature 106 100 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.3% Average	Read 95.8 Write 65.4 Mixed 65.7 57% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.4 104% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 9,254 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.7% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 19.9 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 21.5 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 117%

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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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 $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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