Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	72% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	224% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '16 at 18:52
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 146 2-Core 282 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 805 84% 674 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8533) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72% Very good	Lighting 92.4 Reflection 94.5 Parallax 84.6 75% 90.5 fps	MRender 84.7 Gravity 82.8 Splatting 75.3 66% 80.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 188GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2469 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 575 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 48 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4303422088 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 80 336068628 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 48 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 20 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 145201 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 45 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 129 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 145201 (F2) Unknown 100 100 185932	112% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 458 Mixed 467 107% 479 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 38.9 161% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 138 154% 262 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,874 Write 880 Mixed 1,087 282% 1,280 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 53.2 243% 98.1 MB/s	DQ Read 674 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 193 224% 395 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 243%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 170GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,071 Write 1,434 Mixed 1,556 374% 1,687 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 61.8 250% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 700 DQ Write 398 DQ Mixed 245 264% 448 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 283%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 64GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4105757 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -91104846276417 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1814 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 124 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4105757 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4105757 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4105757 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11089 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9962 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9962 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17023	71.1% Very good	Read 474 Write 130 Mixed 199 58% 268 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 18.9 132% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 48.9 61% 108 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 82%

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 (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 45.3 MC Mixed 35.5 117% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 48.5 SC Mixed 34.2 101% 35.4 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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