Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '17 at 21:26
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$219 588,978 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 (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 132 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 728 75% 607 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 375.57 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 80.4 Reflection 81.8 Parallax 72.2 66% 78.2 fps	MRender 77.2 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 64.7 58% 71.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3183 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 417 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (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 70 64 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6003163913	114% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 410 Mixed 417 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 45.4 176% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 102 136% 247 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 15GB free Firmware: 4PC10302 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9298 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3872 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 262 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 353292 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 353292 (F2) Unknown 100 100 511411	45.8% Average	Read 262 Write 135 Mixed 166 41% 188 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 15.8 74% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 63.1 DQ Mixed 31.7 44% 83.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 48%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 266GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 175 6000 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 415 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3178 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 415 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4567 (C2) HDA temperature 121 114 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	52.4% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 87.5 Mixed 85.5 67% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.24 96% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 179GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 175 6033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 722 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4392 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 701 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4787 (C2) HDA temperature 121 114 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	47.3% Average	Read 89.2 Write 75.4 Mixed 73.2 60% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.25 98% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 88%
Multi-Reader -0 32GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 16GB free, PID 6368 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 143 Write 79.5 Mixed 108 132% 110 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 1.78 180% 5.46 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.8 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 85%

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,241x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	477x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	299x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	488x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	395x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	119x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	126x
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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $676

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16