Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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	79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '17 at 19:39
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (55^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)	92% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 744 76% 616 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 194 Parallax 189 147% 188 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 176 Splatting 125 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 182 3800 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 292 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 294 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 292 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	16.5% Very poor	Read 184 Write 136 Mixed 126 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.35 3% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 17%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 174GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1829 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 789 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 54 197569413154 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1504375288 (F7) Unknown 100 100 47024665 (F8) Unknown 100 100 25337544 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1925 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	73.8% Very good	Read 464 Write 329 Mixed 336 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 20 74% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 45.6 98% 203 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 99%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6005 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2313 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 93 93 226 (AE) Unknown 100 100 59 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184684511268 (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 100 100 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 93 93 7 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 43263131725 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2494763589 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2402419292	79.8% Very good	Read 501 Write 324 Mixed 386 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 28 94% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 48.3 90% 175 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 280GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90487672 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2526 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 38687383549 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5784 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2299 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 538902560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 56094 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 64424509472 (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 -114976274511803 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28756787699 (F2) Unknown 100 253 206798657397	78.3% Very good	Read 138 Write 135 Mixed 124 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.18 61% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 20.1 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 20.8 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 105%

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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	2,226x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $636

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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