Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	81.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	May 24 '18 at 21:14
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 255 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 543 65% 501 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 61.9 Parallax 83 54% 70.6 fps	MRender 61.8 Gravity 55.9 Splatting 79.8 55% 65.8 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 5493 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 66 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1675125851376 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 41 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 21 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 47 227633266724 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1808201286053 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5084 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11856 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6714 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9179 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	81.8% Excellent	Read 516 Write 368 Mixed 126 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 6.3 103% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 7.79 69% 158 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 663GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 42130104 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3434 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43000174 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 441 (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 80 63 336592916 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 56 56 89863 (C2) HDA temperature 20 40 38654705684 (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 -51629801858005 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30248124677 (F2) Unknown 100 253 377854328573	76.9% Very good	Read 140 Write 129 Mixed 129 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP Slim Mac SL 1TB 526 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 595GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 96.8 Mixed 87.7 69% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.36 96% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.9% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.1 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 14.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 110%

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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	2,220x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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