Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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	216% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	57.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '17 at 00:41
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 90.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 743 77% 622 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 196 Parallax 185 151% 189 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 183 Splatting 122 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 337GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,997 Write 1,645 Mixed 1,801 404% 1,814 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 30.3 108% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 31 DQ Write 75.1 DQ Mixed 32 30% 46 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 353%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 185 100 9741 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 174 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 134 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 168 (C2) HDA temperature 128 109 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0	127% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 248 Mixed 202 161% 214 MB/s	4K Read 6.37 4K Write 2.96 4K Mixed 0.33 357% 3.22 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDS721075KLA330 750GB-$100 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 639GB free Firmware: GK8OA97A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 151 (03) Spinup time 111 111 42984800792 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2151 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6691 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1981 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2164 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 219044184090 (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	37.8% Below average	Read 62.8 Write 68.7 Mixed 66.5 50% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.47 102% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU64GX4M4C3000C15 4x16GB 731 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.7 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 140%

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

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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	2,212x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	294x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	178x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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