Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	255% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '17 at 04:28
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 250 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 736 73% 596 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 144 Parallax 120 113% 134 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 126 Splatting 104 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 476GB free Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1,587 Write 516 Mixed 802 212% 968 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 49.9 193% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 34.8 DQ Write 542 DQ Mixed 172 168% 250 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 144%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 439GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,410 Write 1,450 Mixed 1,605 403% 1,822 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 35.3 222% 90.9 MB/s	DQ Read 53.4 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 35.5 54% 97.4 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 283%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 100 6316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 785 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1975 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 733 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 312 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 472 (C2) HDA temperature 107 103 45 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	127% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 249 Mixed 193 159% 212 MB/s	4K Read 4.46 4K Write 3.17 4K Mixed 0.32 280% 2.65 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C14 2x16GB 180 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3030 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.3% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 24 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 26.5 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 110%

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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 $241Bench 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