Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% 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 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.6% 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	260% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	17.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '16 at 23:58
Run Duration	374 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 216 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 653 63% 521 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1025.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 68.9 Reflection 62 Parallax 82.2 56% 71 fps	MRender 61.1 Gravity 55.6 Splatting 78 54% 64.9 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 407GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,105 Write 1,373 Mixed 1,366 357% 1,614 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 59.4 234% 90.5 MB/s	DQ Read 550 DQ Write 388 DQ Mixed 210 227% 383 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 283%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 226093976 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1152 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 4346802673 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18218 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 209 (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 58 279795007521 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 258357 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 -140737488355295 (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 -127783866982800 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19042815725 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15699687389	98.3% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 170 Mixed 153 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.23 72% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 114%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 1,435 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 3e00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	5.18% Terrible	Read 19.4 Write 2.98 Mixed 4.32 8% 8.91 MB/s	4K Read 7.18 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.006 27% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.18% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-8GVR 0420 F4-2400C15-8GVR 0420 F4-2400C15-8GVR 0420 F4-2400C15-8GVR 32GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.7% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 21.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 17.4 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 86%

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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	2,218x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

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 $109Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

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 $15	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