Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '17 at 02:00
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 255 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 740 75% 608 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4997) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1602 MHz, MLim: 1857 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 372.70 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 125 Reflection 127 Parallax 113 102% 122 fps	Gravity 107 Splatting 99.2 91% 103 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1678 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 577 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 57 41 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 39 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9637299859	114% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 413 Mixed 421 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 48.8 178% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 121 140% 244 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 131%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$185 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 137 11633 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 509 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1675 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 509 (10) Unknown 2 198 44074690674 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 442 (C2) HDA temperature 118 110 34 (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	77.1% Very good	Read 125 Write 144 Mixed 130 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 3.04 4K Mixed 0.36 127% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 30,689 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 35.2 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 33.1 96% 33.5 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 118%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,265x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	479x
Core i7-7700KIntel $229Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	302x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	493x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	399x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $350Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	201x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	181x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	119x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $38Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	125x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	97x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $767

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