Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	241% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '17 at 19:50
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 268 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 814 81% 660 Pts	64-Core 814 50% 814 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4542 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.78% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 12 Parallax 7.97 7% 9.34 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 16.6 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.78% Great: 6%
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 65 Parallax 90.2 63% 77.4 fps	MRender 64.5 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 81.1 58% 69.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,424 Write 1,076 Mixed 1,411 360% 1,637 MB/s	4K Read 56.7 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 35.2 227% 90.8 MB/s	DQ Read 56.8 DQ Write 502 DQ Mixed 37.3 100% 199 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 236%
Crucial M550 512GB-$283 5,683 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 111GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7410 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1548 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 36 (AE) Unknown 100 100 443 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 44 240518889496 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 16725833731 (F7) Unknown 100 100 523473812 (F8) Unknown 100 100 697858469	89.9% Excellent	Read 502 Write 463 Mixed 478 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 16.8 135% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 64.1 50% 66.8 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 111%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 175GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 215 170 4233 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11943 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29314 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4457 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 911 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 160 160 122579 (C2) HDA temperature 124 104 26 (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	53.4% Above average	Read 100 Write 85.8 Mixed 90.6 69% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.12 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 165GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128919128 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6111 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10134677 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 14920 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2665 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 17180131332 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 46 9044623387 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 515 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 42293 (C2) HDA temperature 27 54 -140737488355301 (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 9152575314121 (F1) Unknown 100 253 89653633375817 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -132911437496532	68% Good	Read 131 Write 106 Mixed 91.7 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.35 77% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 124GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 205 205 21495546075 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7126 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 148 148 28 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22262 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2802 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 13312 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 13312 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 197569151002 (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 200 200 0	36.4% Below average	Read 56.2 Write 70.7 Mixed 65.4 48% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.24 63% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 73%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 55GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 824 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 76 66 7324 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8803 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12602 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3629 (B5) Unknown 100 100 117376 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 55 193274118168 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1991 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 4 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 26495	59.9% Above average	Read 87.4 Write 121 Mixed 116 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.27 81% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 12GB free Firmware: CR100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6144 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13523 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 38021 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5440 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 105883 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 3 (BE) vendor-specific 76 47 24 (C2) HDA temperature 163 79 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 105883 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 43	39.2% Below average	Read 58.1 Write 78.4 Mixed 64.3 50% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.33 76% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 34 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 33.1 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 119%

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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 $242Bench 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