Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	100% 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	97.1% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '17 at 19:06
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 (99^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 712 76% 605 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 152 Parallax 132 102% 136 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 142 Splatting 109 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 659GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7837 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2763 (B1) Unknown 98 98 17 (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 69 49 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 103 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32663061058	55% Above average	Read 363 Write 274 Mixed 269 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 24.7 4K Mixed 10.9 62% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 41.5 DQ Mixed 10.5 38% 87.6 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 126%
Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLV256 256GB 8,369 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7000Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 1,270 Write 301 Mixed 468 147% 680 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 15 80% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 13.4 34% 68 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 147%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 81GB free Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9037 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4482 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 34 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 110 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 17519224818882 (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 85 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 399 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 34	48.2% Average	Read 466 Write 263 Mixed 339 79% 356 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 8.1 4K Mixed 6.92 38% 10.4 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 7.26 DQ Mixed 6.79 17% 38.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 74%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 95 (03) Spinup time 140 140 34384445848 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 11288 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 146 146 29 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18294 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5189 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12217 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12217 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 180389216288 (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	64.1% Good	Read 116 Write 107 Mixed 92.2 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.32 78% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 73%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 208GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 158665657 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 51 51 50772 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 47473098 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9238 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2001 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 521601054 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 24 158665657 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	35.2% Below average	Read 64.4 Write 58.2 Mixed 54.4 44% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.42 96% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G KHX2400C15/8G 32GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 26.2 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.3 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 85%

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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	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	178x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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