Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	86% 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	47.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 14 '18 at 22:53
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 77.4 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 208 71% 127 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 370 48% 364 Pts	64-Core 321 20% 321 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 94.9 90% 106 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 96.4 Splatting 96.8 79% 95.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 250GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^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 7 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 116 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 60 171800068126 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 920494022 (F7) Unknown 100 100 28787286 (F8) Unknown 100 100 12366477 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1931 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	81.6% Excellent	Read 475 Write 328 Mixed 334 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 23.6 102% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 45.8 93% 192 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 99%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 67GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 1,497 Write 543 Mixed 800 207% 947 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 43.8 166% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 410 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 164 176% 296 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 144%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 560ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 39922725 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -27436251077166 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1220 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 55 (B1) Unknown 0 0 94 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 39 60132098078 (C2) HDA temperature 30 39 60132098078 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 39922725 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 39922725 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 39922725 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25009 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19651 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19651 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8004	47.2% Average	Read 424 Write 98.5 Mixed 141 48% 221 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 5.64 74% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 52.3 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 24.3 34% 61.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 19.1 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 18.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 85.6 47% 85.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 104%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $242Bench 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