Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '16 at 00:59
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$49 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 148 2-Core 296 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 556 75% 560 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2980) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6869 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 86.7 Parallax 82 65% 82.8 fps	MRender 81.2 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 68 60% 74 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 480GB-$200 235 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 218GB free Firmware: 580A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4306350 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 126881923860085 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 436 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 189 (B1) Unknown 0 0 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 43 17182687262 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 17182687262 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4306350 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4306350 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4306350 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 64424509441 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2703 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3266 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3266 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3425	52.9% Above average	Read 365 Write 220 Mixed 193 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 16 4K Mixed 14.9 65% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 58.5 DQ Mixed 39 50% 92.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 59%
Corsai Neutron SSD 240GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: M206 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17423 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2424 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 0 25772490780 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 1 (EA) Unknown 100 100 44606 (F1) Unknown 100 100 20684 (F2) Unknown 100 100 25437 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 49289	92.8% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 357 Mixed 357 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 20.5 122% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 61.4 120% 241 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 93%
Hitach HDS721010CLA332 1TB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 929GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 327680 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 142 142 17196908817 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8785 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24620 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2615 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9135 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 171799019546 (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	79.6% Very good	Read 132 Write 145 Mixed 113 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.4 104% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$50 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 24.4 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 104%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,257x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	478x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	301x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	490x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	397x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	181x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	150x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	119x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	126x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	124x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	97x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $783

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