Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	135% 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	207% 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	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '18 at 17:05
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (95^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 273 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 694 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.8% 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: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 205 Parallax 187 157% 195 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 185 Splatting 127 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 223GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11348 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2739 (AB) Unknown 100 100 79821648 (AE) Unknown 100 100 161 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 352 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 89 89 89 (F1) Unknown 100 100 23049 (F2) Unknown 100 100 21753 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1400433793	99.1% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 410 Mixed 428 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 27.8 140% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 18 97% 219 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 101%
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,929 Write 783 Mixed 1,062 276% 1,258 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 49.3 214% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 531 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 217 209% 338 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 247%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$175 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 811GB free Firmware: SC61 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 79 64 76005821 (03) Spinup time 85 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 21 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 41255974 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 215 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (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 57 690159653 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 897 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1474 (C2) HDA temperature 37 43 85899345957 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 76005821 (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 88420491722909 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11752824097 (F2) Unknown 100 253 453392468
Poor: 31% Great: 106%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 236GB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 90 (03) Spinup time 137 137 34387067299 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 17010 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 130 28 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22494 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6159 (C0) Power-off retract count 84 84 19909 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 19909 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 201864118307 (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	52.3% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 89.4 Mixed 79.4 65% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.35 93% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 85%
Seagate ST4000VX000-1F4168 4TB 3,084 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 213GB free Firmware: CV13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 169699560 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3806 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 29757657 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7251 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 751 (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 68 61 605880352 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3806 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 51539607584 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	59.4% Above average	Read 95 Write 112 Mixed 80.3 72% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 106%

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	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 27 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 26.5 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 26.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 85%

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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