Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.8% 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	37.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '16 at 00:40
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 81.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 246 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 674 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.5306 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 56.7 Parallax 82.2 82% 79.9 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 103 Splatting 88.3 78% 96.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 477GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2,245 Write 1,452 Mixed 1,651 395% 1,783 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 231 4K Mixed 49.6 259% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 933 DQ Write 416 DQ Mixed 236 291% 528 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 283%
OCZ SOLID3 120GB 1,720 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 180 Write 115 Mixed 138 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 41 4K Mixed 11.2 64% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 32.4 46% 85 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 61%
WD WD4003FZEX-00Z4S 4TB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 152 152 11383 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 23 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (10) Unknown 0 200 66162843 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 4 (C2) HDA temperature 114 112 38 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 180 Mixed 157 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.78 4K Mixed 0.33 128% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
WD WD10EZRX-00D8PB0 1TB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 77GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 164 4591 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1275 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4979 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 662 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 148 148 156312 (C2) HDA temperature 114 110 33 (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	47.8% Average	Read 77.1 Write 90.1 Mixed 78 62% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.13 4K Write 0.22 4K Mixed 0.11 21% 0.15 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 81%
WD My Passport 0740 500GB 3,483 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 235GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 28.7 Mixed 25.6 36% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.18 21% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 23.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 110%

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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	2,228x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	392x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16