Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '16 at 05:17
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 232 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 737 70% 579 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2968) 2GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Lighting 48.8 Reflection 45.4 Parallax 44.6 40% 46.3 fps	MRender 39.3 Gravity 42.8 Splatting 38 33% 40 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 324GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 92 (03) Spinup time 130 130 21506163167 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1723 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 31555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1773 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1773 (C2) HDA temperature 120 120 227634642994 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	71% Very good	Read 122 Write 126 Mixed 93.5 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.4 110% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3750630AS 750GB-$207 2,150 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: SD46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 145939600 (03) Spinup time 94 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 367 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 55 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 310395992046 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 59291 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 11 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 361 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032879 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 53 45 789970991 (C2) HDA temperature 47 55 60129542191 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 12 145939600 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	42.4% Average	Read 80.5 Write 67.2 Mixed 72.7 55% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.18 49% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.9% Average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 14.1 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 69%

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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	2,220x
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