Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Designare-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	24.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-Designare
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Designare-CF (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 11 '19 at 12:00
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 237 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 460 61% 459 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Gainward(10B0 1189) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.2% Poor	Lighting 27.6 Reflection 29 Parallax 36.2 22% 30.9 fps	MRender 40.9 Gravity 33.4 Splatting 29.3 28% 34.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03090004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 111 38 44 44 46 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 464 Write 301 Mixed 301 SusWrite 80 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 2.2 93% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 58 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 113 81% 100 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 85%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 15GB free Firmware: AX001A SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 58 62 62 62 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 53.5 Write 51.5 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 60.7 34% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 62%
WD WD6400AACS-00G8B1 640GB 9,045 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 21GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 44 43 43 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	24.2% Poor	Read 40.9 Write 39.3 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 42.9 29% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 49%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 346GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 43 44 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	24.1% Poor	Read 40.8 Write 40 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 42.8 29% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 57%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 371GB free Firmware: GG2OACY0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 95 97 97 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 94.4 Write 94.2 Mixed 35.9 SusWrite 94.9 58% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 1x8GB 13,006 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	44.1% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 11.8 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 13.2 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 47%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Designare-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	69x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	18x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	22x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	17x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	8x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	6x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	5x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	3x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 82%, 74,390 samples	6x
TMA851U6AFR6N-UHSC Kingston 9905678-014.A00G Kingston 9905678-014.A00G Kingston 9905678-014.A00G 16GBUnknownBench 79%, 10 samples	5x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	4x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $470

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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