Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	45.9% 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	115% 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160429
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 19:05
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing as expected (59^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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 646 72% 569 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% XFX(1682 9390) CLim: 1015 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.9% Average	Lighting 55.1 Reflection 57.7 Parallax 65.6 45% 59.4 fps	MRender 56.9 Gravity 49.8 Splatting 65.9 48% 57.5 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4666 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 191 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 52 36 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 36 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10859328388	115% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 407 Mixed 415 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 50.7 188% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 120 131% 223 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 131%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 586GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 159 6725 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4166 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35652 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 520 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4080 (C2) HDA temperature 112 90 38 (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	43.6% Average	Read 79.8 Write 71.9 Mixed 72.3 56% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.44 113% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 51%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 375GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 156 6908 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4400 (05) Reallocated sector count 155 155 357 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36648 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 485 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4381 (C2) HDA temperature 112 89 38 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 335 (C5) Current pending sector count 195 194 908 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 194 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 199 1 151	49% Average	Read 91.6 Write 78.8 Mixed 72 61% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.47 124% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 329GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 42180584 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5726 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24204529 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34231 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 696 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 34360262664 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 706281506 (C2) HDA temperature 34 47 64424509474 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 16 11 42180584 (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 -3990024588299 (F1) Unknown 100 253 628653882 (F2) Unknown 100 253 279294448	39.9% Below average	Read 61.7 Write 77.4 Mixed 77.3 55% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.46 84% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 42.2 MC Mixed 34.7 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 32.5 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 125%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	473x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	482x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $261	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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