Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.6% 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	356% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '17 at 08:34
Run Duration	351 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 230 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 581 63% 501 Pts	64-Core 655 41% 655 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 117 Parallax 111 93% 114 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 719GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	356% Outstanding	Read 2,717 Write 2,743 Mixed 2,338 580% 2,599 MB/s	4K Read 55.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 47.8 212% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 134 162% 284 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 356% Great: 445%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 401GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 917 Write 995 Mixed 921 211% 944 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 20.9 118% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 97.3 100% 153 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 182%
Asmt ASM1352-PM 256GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 238GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.4% Good	Read 380 Write 342 Mixed 356 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 27 86% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 58.7 61% 99.4 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 68%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 56GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2869654 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 74938589406149 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1517 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 2760 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (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 2869654 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2869654 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2869654 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 90 90 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21409 (EA) Unknown 0 0 68080 (F1) Unknown 0 0 68080 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11917	39.1% Below average	Read 200 Write 66.8 Mixed 102 27% 123 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 13.5 82% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 76.9 DQ Write 66.4 DQ Mixed 23.2 31% 55.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 51%
Asmt ASM1352-PM 1TB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 223GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 212 Write 144 Mixed 151 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.31 109% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%
Kingston DT Mini Fun G2 4GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.32% Terrible	Read 28.8 Write 5.47 Mixed 9.34 14% 14.5 MB/s	4K Read 8.08 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.007 31% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.32% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 3,586 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 29.9 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 30.4 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 114%

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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

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 $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