Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	93.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	45.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '17 at 02:06
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 as expected (57^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 80.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 257 86% 157 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 685 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 146 Parallax 124 109% 135 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 132 Splatting 109 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.32% Terrible	Lighting 7.83 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 7.25 6% 8.78 fps	MRender 8.95 Gravity 6.73 Splatting 15.8 9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.32% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKKW480H6 480GB 1,815 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSBG100 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 232 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 149 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 126 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 65 81608638525 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 126 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 54849 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 54849 (F2) Unknown 100 100 50253 (F9) Unknown 100 100 462 (FC) Unknown 100 100 1	93.4% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 272 Mixed 336 82% 374 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 37.2 142% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 81.7 118% 217 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 94%
Plextor PX-256M5S 256GB 2,817 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 154GB free Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^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 1135 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 241 (B1) Unknown 100 100 23302 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 135 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 120521 (F2) Unknown 100 100 50999	93.7% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 380 Mixed 420 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 33.1 123% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 77.9 114% 211 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 94GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11418 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 156 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 62 51 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3500412934	110% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 407 Mixed 416 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 45.3 172% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 118 134% 229 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Plextor PX-256M5S 256GB 2,817 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 48GB free Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4232 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 246 (B1) Unknown 100 100 122761 (B2) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 137 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5313 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 496765 (F2) Unknown 100 100 548603	86.2% Excellent	Read 490 Write 317 Mixed 394 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 29.1 115% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 79.8 114% 210 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 95%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 252 7733 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2824 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45528 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 402 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 251 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2572 (C2) HDA temperature 105 87 47 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	78.7% Very good	Read 149 Write 125 Mixed 125 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.39 117% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 951GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7883 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 280 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16097 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 216 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 145 (C2) HDA temperature 104 99 48 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	62.5% Good	Read 118 Write 99.4 Mixed 104 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.41 118% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$143 14,506 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.5% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 20.4 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 135%

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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 $242Bench 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	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