Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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.
Graphics	54.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	69.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '15 at 06:20
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 127 2-Core 254 86% 191 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 700 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% XFX(1682 9290) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 57.4 Parallax 86.9 56% 70.9 fps	MRender 53.7 Gravity 61.4 Splatting 74.2 53% 63.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 840 Series 250GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24216 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 117 (B1) Unknown 92 92 71 (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 68 49 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 58 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8050168763	69.5% Good	Read 492 Write 231 Mixed 183 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 10.9 88% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 27.9 78% 172 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 81%
WD WD10EADS-11M2B2 1TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 931GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 127 120 6641 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3725 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30063 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 293 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 50328 (C2) HDA temperature 117 88 30 (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	57.7% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 103 Mixed 94.8 74% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 903GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 119116488 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4264 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1549157 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8307 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 55 588513306 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15548 (C2) HDA temperature 26 45 85899345946 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -20461224196725 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5249681971 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3570544009	90.7% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 150 Mixed 161 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.29 81% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 113%
WD WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 260GB free Firmware: 21.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 185 179 5741 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 924 (05) Reallocated sector count 197 197 18 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 18 18 59876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 322 (C2) HDA temperature 111 1 39 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	35.3% Below average	Read 61 Write 61.6 Mixed 59.3 46% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.41 109% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%
WD WD1001FALS-00E8B 1TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 230GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 227 7041 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10648 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 47382 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 563 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10647 (C2) HDA temperature 123 96 27 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	36.7% Below average	Read 67.5 Write 60.2 Mixed 66.6 49% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.41 103% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 62%

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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	2,234x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	476x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	484x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	394x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $646

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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

Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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