Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.2% 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	56.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '16 at 14:42
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 745 77% 621 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 228F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Lighting 62.8 Reflection 57.8 Parallax 75.2 51% 65.3 fps	MRender 60.2 Gravity 54.1 Splatting 78.7 54% 64.4 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 48GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21267 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2269 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 81 (AE) Unknown 100 100 155 (B5) Unknown 100 100 9178391184794 (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 88 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 35 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	70.1% Very good	Read 501 Write 248 Mixed 346 80% 365 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 5.55 98% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 5.66 52% 122 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 74%
Patriot Ignite 480GB-$148 2,730 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7058 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1365 (11) Unknown 100 100 49 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5932986 (AA) Unknown 98 98 4294968537 (AD) Unknown 100 100 111348383 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128849018910 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 44 (E9) Unknown 100 100 453558 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9694	56.6% Above average	Read 518 Write 398 Mixed 253 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 1.47 43% 9.86 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 113%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7067 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 161 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 733 (0A) Spinup retry count 103 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 896 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219044511773 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 340 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 640 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	86.3% Excellent	Read 151 Write 149 Mixed 150 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.39 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.25 126% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 104%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 912GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 251 251 9416 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2489 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 33839 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2473 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2312 (C2) HDA temperature 119 89 33 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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 3	77.5% Very good	Read 155 Write 115 Mixed 121 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.28 98% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 124GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 4225 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2527 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34573 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2500 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 208 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2318 (C2) HDA temperature 118 90 29 (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 12 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75.4% Very good	Read 156 Write 107 Mixed 76.8 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.3 106% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 76%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 68GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 136 136 34387001769 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1798 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11219 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1777 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6019 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6019 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 210454446109 (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 4416	86.7% Excellent	Read 162 Write 140 Mixed 133 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.2 87% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 107%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 22GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 155 5041 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 188 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 22 22 57212 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2772 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 358 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2772 (C2) HDA temperature 115 85 32 (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	34.7% Below average	Read 61.2 Write 59.5 Mixed 66 47% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.25 83% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB-$227 628 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.5 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 35.1 SC Mixed 27.7 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%

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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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 $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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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