Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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	81.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	129% 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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '18 at 03:34
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 704 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 118 Parallax 96 82% 105 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 93.9 Splatting 102 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TP Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 788 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 13057 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 380 (64) Unknown 100 100 7524672 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 114 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 100 274878562347 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 788 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 350 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 788 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 19944 (F1) Unknown 100 100 16322 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15192 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 4601	129% Outstanding	Read 1,107 Write 636 Mixed 772 185% 838 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 16.6 116% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 15.3 82% 188 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 159%
Sandisk S240G 171GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 117GB free Firmware: Z320 Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 446 Write 431 Mixed 242 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 6.03 78% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 5.42 59% 134 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 474GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 52% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 33.5 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 43.7 SC Mixed 31.7 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

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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	2,232x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	475x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	394x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16