Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	74% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '17 at 16:55
Run Duration	1192 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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-$163 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 253 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 779 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$350 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2983 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	110% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 165 Parallax 167 122% 161 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 142 Splatting 101 94% 117 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 92GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 29709 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 229 (B1) Unknown 97 97 26 (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 71 49 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 211 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17796985371	72.4% Very good	Read 510 Write 352 Mixed 361 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 19 88% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 79.6 DQ Mixed 36.4 43% 75.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 126%
OCZ AGILITY3 480GB 804 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 49GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 118 209833065 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 -81466939631933 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 288 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 254 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 209833065 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 209833065 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 209833065 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11509 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11219 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11219 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18975	36% Below average	Read 251 Write 149 Mixed 173 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 12.2 4K Mixed 11.9 46% 13.3 MB/s	DQ Read 85.6 DQ Write 48 DQ Mixed 24.4 30% 52.7 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 41%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 16 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26058 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 234 (B1) Unknown 78 78 792 (B3) Unknown 99 99 16 (B5) Unknown 99 99 16 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 16 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 193 (F1) Unknown 99 99 47062800974	74% Very good	Read 516 Write 350 Mixed 369 91% 412 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 49 4K Mixed 20.3 90% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 49.1 55% 92.1 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 110%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 111GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 234 233 3275 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11511 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 23 23 56570 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 777 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 462 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11048 (C2) HDA temperature 115 95 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 199 125 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 1 0	72% Very good	Read 138 Write 113 Mixed 94.5 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.57 152% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 80%
HGST HDN 724040ALE640 4TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 253GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 41.7 Write 43 Mixed 10.7 38% 31.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 61%
WDC WD40 EURX-64WRWY0 4TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 86GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	22.5% Poor	Read 40.5 Write 40.4 Mixed 39.1 52% 40 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.26 96% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 42%
HGST HDN 724040ALE640 4TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 77GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 40.7 Write 42.9 Mixed 24.4 45% 36 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 61%
WDC WD50 00AAKS-22YGA0 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 18GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	4.4% Terrible	Read 19.1 Write 0.9 Mixed 1.45 6% 7.16 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.13 20% 0.24 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.4% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 30.4 100% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 40.6 SC Mixed 29.5 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 104%

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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 $229Bench 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 $85Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	119x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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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