Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.6% 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	216% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '18 at 10:47
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (89^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 726 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3308) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.2 94% 110 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,985 Write 928 Mixed 1,182 300% 1,365 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 34.9 211% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 486 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 173 192% 329 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$64 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 39201656 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6839 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3893732 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6071 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2809 (B7) Unknown 85 85 15 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 3604544 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 65 51 588447779 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19988 (C2) HDA temperature 35 49 77309411363 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 191 135 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 105492986726702 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9123626852 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11552352709	94.4% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 155 Mixed 154 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.16 64% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 947GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 106193096 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2632 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4760683 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4370 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2174 (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 70 52 504561694 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24369 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 73014444062 (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 -110518098458732 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3356649691 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14787139070	93.7% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 151 Mixed 147 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.16 78% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 916GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 87350008 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 625 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 242991 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 556 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 266 (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 67 57 554893345 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2782 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 77309411361 (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 120018566119686 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4896950497 (F2) Unknown 100 253 864400064	83.9% Excellent	Read 154 Write 139 Mixed 139 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.19 69% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 787GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 181123031 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16804 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4329732847 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12624 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 37 7023 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 74 74 26 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590786576 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 49 538050592 (C2) HDA temperature 32 51 51539607584 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 22 181123031 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 32 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -55469502594745 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1942439002 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2464342983	68.9% Good	Read 121 Write 119 Mixed 99.6 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.35 87% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$64 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 386GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 59254320 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7540 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 4310565809 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10973 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4424 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 94 94 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 279177134156 (BD) vendor-specific 16 16 84 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 4866637858 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 239 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8019 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 -140737488355294 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 86801 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -55516747259084 (F1) Unknown 100 253 74581433807 (F2) Unknown 100 253 81271130245	67.1% Good	Read 110 Write 124 Mixed 132 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.3 95% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2800C16-8GRR 0420 F4-2800C16-8GRK 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 86%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 - $191

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,227x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	297x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16