Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '18 at 04:28
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$120 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 563 75% 563 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 115 Parallax 104 88% 109 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 101 Splatting 91.7 78% 95.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 519 Write 474 Mixed 360 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 43.5 167% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 180 179% 284 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$22 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 53GB free Firmware: HP64 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 76 81 80 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 87 Write 38.7 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 78.2 47% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$20 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 88GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 155 157 158 158 158 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 220 Write 213 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 157 119% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 191% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 88%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 584GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 105 103 105 103 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 106 Write 116 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 104 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 82%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA641 3TB 2,582 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1.5TB free Firmware: MKAOA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 131 132 132 132 132 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 132 Write 127 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 131 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 88%
OCZ DIESEL 4GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 1f00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.5 11 11 11 10 9.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	8.64% Terrible	Read 26.7 Write 8.7 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 10.4 15% 13.4 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 39% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.64% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-17-17 D4-3000 2x8GB 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 28.4 92% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 29.7 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 101%

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Gaming 69%

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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 $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,262x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	478x
Core i7-7700KIntel $228Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	301x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	492x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	397x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $350Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	181x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	151x
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	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	125x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	97x

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Total price: $765

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