Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	279% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '16 at 06:23
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 238 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 485 64% 482 Pts	64-Core 491 30% 491 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Gigabyte(1458 22BD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1025 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 69.4 Reflection 62.3 Parallax 76.2 57% 69.3 fps	MRender 61.4 Gravity 55 Splatting 76.2 54% 64.2 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,295 Write 1,449 Mixed 1,436 382% 1,727 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 61 255% 98.5 MB/s	DQ Read 589 DQ Write 397 DQ Mixed 227 241% 404 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 283%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 136GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2972881 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 71451075970717 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 45 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2972881 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2972881 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2972881 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 991 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1362 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1362 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7007	60.2% Good	Read 213 Write 159 Mixed 141 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 14.6 120% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 46.3 71% 132 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 687GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 238648792 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3176 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 50 44 532589064721 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34553 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 124 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 0 24421722751006 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 59645 (C2) HDA temperature 30 141 -140737488355298 (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 -32727650783611 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10734788604 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15081692641	84.8% Excellent	Read 152 Write 144 Mixed 138 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.29 89% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 500GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 120 (03) Spinup time 125 125 34390671802 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 11491 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 63433 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 200 (C0) Power-off retract count 61 61 46953 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 46953 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 219044708386 (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 1	46.3% Average	Read 85.3 Write 76 Mixed 91.4 64% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.34 89% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 61%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 251GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 98 6379815 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8278 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 222816655 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 55280 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 186 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 95 47245361171 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 61 488374300 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 73014444060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 33 6379815 (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 32817845145205 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2835374885 (F2) Unknown 100 253 994384197	37.8% Below average	Read 68 Write 63.7 Mixed 71.8 51% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.4 82% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 4,021 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 26.2 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 27.9 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 136%

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Gaming 69%

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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