Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	123% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150807
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '17 at 11:34
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	9%

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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 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 696 69% 565 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gainward(10B0 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.70 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 158 Parallax 138 124% 150 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 317GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8183 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 51 (B1) Unknown 98 98 32 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 44 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28469627314	123% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 416 Mixed 420 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 53.5 206% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 118 142% 249 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
Samsun 840 EVO 750G 750GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 91GB free Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21880 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 589 (B1) Unknown 98 98 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 49 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 336 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19861705701	101% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 351 Mixed 359 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 29 160% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 72.5 110% 210 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 119%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 63GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14561 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 141 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 49 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5379195568	123% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 412 Mixed 422 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 54.3 206% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 117 140% 247 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
WD WD30EZRX-22D8PB0 3TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 180 5525 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 794 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14565 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 108 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 93832 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 37 (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	75% Very good	Read 131 Write 131 Mixed 130 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.29 116% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 85%
WD WD30EZRS-00J99B0 3TB 2,807 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1TB free Firmware: 80.0 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 110 Write 89.2 Mixed 91.9 73% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.23 81% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 72%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 107GB free Firmware: 05.0 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 95.5 Write 77.2 Mixed 76.1 62% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.39 103% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.7 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 106%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 71%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming GT

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	102x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	11x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	16x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	16x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	10x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	10x
GIGABYTE GP-ASM2 512GBNvmeBench 198%, 167 samples	6x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $41Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	5x
CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x16GBUnknownBench 72%, 338 samples	5x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	4x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $716

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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