Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83% 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	127% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '17 at 15:45
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 147 2-Core 275 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 812 80% 656 Pts	64-Core 812 50% 812 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 107 Parallax 109 84% 106 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 100 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$233 2,120 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 739 Write 640 Mixed 715 156% 698 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 39.1 163% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 148 129% 180 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 195%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 172 7950 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 421 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1915 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 414 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1059 (C2) HDA temperature 123 102 29 (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	70.7% Very good	Read 126 Write 121 Mixed 119 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.21 100% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 57626824 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 479 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 663999 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2172 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 468 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 471203868 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5957 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 55834574876 (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 98195837290207 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3538003159 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1311597854	99.7% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 146 Mixed 150 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.16 68% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 21353544 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2331 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 49 49 4780392849124 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1981 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 454361115 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 297 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32543 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 34359738395 (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 -7090990996624 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -134143384339013 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -119674789056623	85.8% Excellent	Read 181 Write 118 Mixed 106 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.12 74% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 328GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155060488 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2609 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 61 4313203413 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13513 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2622 (B7) Unknown 95 95 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295163908 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 50 521601054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 490 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6394 (C2) HDA temperature 30 50 34359738398 (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 -86827058837907 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11927340698 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14443358306	87% Excellent	Read 144 Write 158 Mixed 124 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.43 163% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 211758968 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1161 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 47284743827 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6135 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1098 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 555024413 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17602 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 42949672989 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 58888296600491 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18391362638 (F2) Unknown 100 253 59873363011	51% Above average	Read 104 Write 74 Mixed 82.5 65% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3000C15-8GTZB 859B BLE8G4D30AEEA.K16FE 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	97% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 28 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 30.8 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 102%

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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	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 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 $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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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