Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	60.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '17 at 06:51
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 290 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 812 81% 662 Pts	64-Core 810 50% 810 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 373F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2552 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 160 Parallax 138 124% 150 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 145 Splatting 117 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8599423871 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29935922053777 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 234 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 65 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 37 81606803491 (C2) HDA temperature 35 37 81606803491 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8599423871 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 8599423871 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 8599423871 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 8589934592 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1706 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1744 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1744 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1429 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2490378	60.9% Good	Read 498 Write 99.1 Mixed 157 54% 251 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 12.7 106% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 88.9 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 21.6 39% 76.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 151208358 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 70 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 381314 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 50 623181861 (C2) HDA temperature 37 50 107374182437 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 21 151208358 (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 -61366492724406 (F1) Unknown 100 253 291827748 (F2) Unknown 100 253 117018243	65.6% Good	Read 117 Write 111 Mixed 97.6 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.52 115% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 68%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 388GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 203 176 2850 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1056 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4455 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1026 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 970 (C2) HDA temperature 107 102 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.3% Good	Read 114 Write 120 Mixed 109 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.37 131% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GB 2,314 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 28.2 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 39.8 SC Mixed 29.6 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 93%

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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	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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	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 $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