Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	202% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '17 at 20:11
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 285 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 793 81% 656 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Lighting 78.4 Reflection 78.1 Parallax 67.1 64% 74.5 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 73 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 111GB free Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3828823 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 -9234179665854 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2271 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 379 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 57 34363473943 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3828823 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3828823 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3828823 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18737 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17237 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17237 (F2) Unknown 0 0 34695	63.2% Good	Read 366 Write 153 Mixed 213 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 18 110% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 35.9 60% 117 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 83%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,827 Write 690 Mixed 956 253% 1,158 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 54.9 222% 87.8 MB/s	DQ Read 621 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 203 213% 362 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 473GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 195314801 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4514 (05) Reallocated sector count 92 92 350 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 184564424 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 38496 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4552 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475295246 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 190 (BE) vendor-specific 75 49 420872217 (C2) HDA temperature 25 51 34359738393 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 17 195314801 (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 19473381770299 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2878299109 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1280106829	65.4% Good	Read 112 Write 116 Mixed 98.4 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.41 87% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 68%
Corsair Force GT 2TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 347GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155643312 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15751 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18238354 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15654 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3324 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65576 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 76 56 404095000 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 10448 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15811 (C2) HDA temperature 24 44 30064771096 (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 -52265457012260 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16260113874 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19436605002	74.6% Very good	Read 120 Write 140 Mixed 104 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.22 77% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 92%
WD Elements 25A3 5TB 1,735 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 129 Write 150 Mixed 105 165% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.25 89% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 66%

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 41.9 MC Write 45.1 MC Mixed 35.9 117% 41 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 48.4 SC Mixed 33.9 100% 35.1 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%

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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