Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	185% 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.

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

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	18.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '17 at 20:30
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (40^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)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 812 83% 668 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.7% Good	Lighting 43.2 Reflection 185 Parallax 187 35% 138 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 187 Splatting 130 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,902 Write 805 Mixed 1,056 275% 1,254 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 26.4 186% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 46.2 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 22.5 54% 105 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 247%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 200GB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 89 (03) Spinup time 137 137 34387067298 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 12610 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18242 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6057 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 15509 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 15509 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 201864118306 (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	30.8% Below average	Read 41.9 Write 65 Mixed 60.1 42% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.37 92% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 85%
Seagate ST4000VX000-1F4168 4TB 3,084 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 171GB free Firmware: CV13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 129992504 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1023 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16392067 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3002 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 649 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 64 521469983 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1023 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 55834574879 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	43.4% Average	Read 49.6 Write 102 Mixed 52.5 51% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 106%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 31GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 98 677 (03) Spinup time 74 74 8740 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 23785 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 22707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4473 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 60 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 241 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 55 403701784 (C2) HDA temperature 70 53 504365086 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 35288 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 66 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	44.8% Average	Read 57.6 Write 98.1 Mixed 104 66% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.53 128% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 62%
Hitachi HDS5C3030BLE630 3TB 1,336 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 26GB free Firmware: MZ6OAAB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 104 (03) Spinup time 138 138 34385691020 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4907 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11554 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3545 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5324 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5324 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 176094511136 (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
Poor: 42% Great: 88%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 3,868 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1TB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 96.3 Write 96.2 Mixed 88 120% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSC.16FARG 859B BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSC.16FARG 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.3 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 35 SC Mixed 27.3 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 85%

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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	2,220x
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