Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	11.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	47.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	8.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '17 at 16:03
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	70% Good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 190 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 372 45% 347 Pts	64-Core 340 21% 340 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K620-$170 16,214 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Nvidia(10DE 1098) 2GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.16 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Lighting 14.4 Reflection 13.9 Parallax 10.5 12% 12.9 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 12.9 Splatting 14.4 11% 12.9 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3293 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 225 (64) Unknown 100 100 2941584 (65) Unknown 100 100 347216 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 95 95 1734 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 672 (B7) Unknown 98 98 16 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 100 201864904734 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 5 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 5 (E7) Temperature 95 95 5 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5319 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1975 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3789 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2022 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 5	47.7% Average	Read 470 Write 189 Mixed 215 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 23 4K Mixed 7.98 55% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 21.3 DQ Write 45.5 DQ Mixed 7.81 13% 24.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 82%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 178 5758 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1805 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3270 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 785 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 604 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7256 (C2) HDA temperature 119 108 31 (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	70.4% Very good	Read 122 Write 123 Mixed 125 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.2 101% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 657GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 63 31007539 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 924 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8885478 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3359 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 241 (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 67 57 571998241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 990 (C2) HDA temperature 33 20 85899345953 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 31007539 (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 135682311850679 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4132226797 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7654717310	63.4% Good	Read 108 Write 114 Mixed 93.2 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.23 70% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 113%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 556GB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 100 5207496 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 316 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 937060 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 63 538443807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 318 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 103079215135 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	57.5% Above average	Read 104 Write 96.1 Mixed 102 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.13 71% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.4% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 20.1 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 20.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,223x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
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 $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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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