Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.3% 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	85.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '17 at 14:48
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 77.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 242 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 651 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.3% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 110 Parallax 99.5 86% 105 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 83.7 73% 89.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5959 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 512 (A5) Unknown 100 100 725998438014 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 51 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 23 (AE) Unknown 100 100 80 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 35 150325035035 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622910612998 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10465 (EA) Unknown 100 100 34814 (F1) Unknown 253 253 17360 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16248 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85.5% Excellent	Read 494 Write 330 Mixed 338 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 21.6 112% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 53.3 100% 204 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 148GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1015 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13342 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 317 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 999 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58% Above average	Read 107 Write 94.8 Mixed 131 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.24 94% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2133C15-4GVR 04CD F4-2400C15-8GRR 04CD F4-2133C15-4GVR 04CD F4-2400C15-8GRR 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.9% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 84.5 47% 84.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 79%

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

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,240x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	476x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	299x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	488x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	395x
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 $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	119x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	126x
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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16