Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	82.2% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '18 at 15:08
Run Duration	358 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	8%

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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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 705 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 134 Parallax 137 113% 137 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 126 Splatting 108 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$117 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 13902 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1361 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 732 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5963936 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 109 (C2) HDA temperature 72 62 163209805852 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (E9) Unknown 100 100 22013 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17152 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9150 (F4) Unknown 100 100 91 (F5) Unknown 100 100 160 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6244224	82.2% Excellent	Read 506 Write 484 Mixed 506 112% 499 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 10.4 84% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 60.3 DQ Mixed 10.7 54% 130 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 111%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 138GB free Firmware: CP100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5760 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10407 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 36843 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3704 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 323546 (BB) vendor-specific 6 6 327775 (BC) Unknown 100 100 9 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 29 (C2) HDA temperature 151 91 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 323546 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 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 253 253 0	37.5% Below average	Read 60.3 Write 70.3 Mixed 72.4 51% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.31 70% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 43%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 96GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 132 132 34388181427 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5056 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13241 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1257 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5067 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5067 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 180389543970 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 158 Mixed 167 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.21 92% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%
TOSHIBA TransMemory-Mx 8GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 4GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 126 Write 4.5 Mixed 6.64 34% 45.7 MB/s	4K Read 11.2 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.001 42% 3.75 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR1 2x8GB 2,335 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.2 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 79%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 - $191

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,234x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	476x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	484x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	394x
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 $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $646

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16