Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.5% 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	51.4% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '16 at 05:22
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 192 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 468 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 429 27% 429 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 295X2 (CrossFire Disabled) 2,533 User benchmarks, average bench 50% AMD(1002 1B2A) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1013.0 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Lighting 66.4 Reflection 60.2 Parallax 82.2 54% 69.6 fps	MRender 56.5 Gravity 55.6 Splatting 75 52% 62.3 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 582ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5820194 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 87136296503619 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1027 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 60 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5820194 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5820194 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5820194 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4439 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4730 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4730 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9170	51.4% Above average	Read 304 Write 114 Mixed 156 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 11.1 105% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 92.6 DQ Mixed 10.7 22% 43.5 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 188067240 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 674 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22009273 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1488 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 674 (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 69 57 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16848 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 64424509471 (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 -16978005720193 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10321889972 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2052832595400	86.5% Excellent	Read 165 Write 137 Mixed 143 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.15 48% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 113%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 818GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 169 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1066 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2355 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1022 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 35325 (C2) HDA temperature 117 107 30 (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	79.6% Very good	Read 140 Write 138 Mixed 132 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.3 115% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 2,543 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 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	72.7% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.8 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 17.7 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 116%

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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	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $279	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