Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	73.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '17 at 02:15
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 272 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 714 76% 604 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2780 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 213 Parallax 190 154% 197 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 187 Splatting 132 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 447GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6038 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1725 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7143503 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 350 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 96 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 62 266289283100 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 94489280534 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 117 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1628 (F1) Unknown 253 253 973 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1248 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.5% Excellent	Read 482 Write 345 Mixed 345 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 45.5 4K Mixed 20.3 92% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 41.7 97% 205 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 282GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6566 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1908 (A5) Unknown 100 100 180426244563 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 39 (A8) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 114 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 41 176094969883 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2293517779478 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1488 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9517 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7216 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2991 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73.1% Very good	Read 488 Write 322 Mixed 337 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 21.9 105% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 88.5 DQ Mixed 25.8 29% 47.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 226GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11367 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3217 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 47 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 618 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4824191986	75.7% Very good	Read 499 Write 304 Mixed 233 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 16.6 114% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 36 45% 76 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 89%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 165GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^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 6131 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2985 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 287 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 53 201864708123 (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 61 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5776283561 (F7) Unknown 100 100 181088948 (F8) Unknown 100 100 66991299	101% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 469 Mixed 464 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 34.1 149% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 43.3 72% 129 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: 04.05G09 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 196 196 7953 (03) Spinup time 253 140 2025 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2966 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 4 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9726 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2934 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 390 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2575 (C2) HDA temperature 120 109 32 (C4) Reallocation count 197 197 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	36.3% Below average	Read 71.7 Write 54.5 Mixed 90.4 55% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.25 80% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 30,689 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 35.3 111% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 45.8 SC Mixed 10.2 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 118%

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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	473x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	482x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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