Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	70.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '16 at 13:59
Run Duration	470 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 236 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 649 65% 529 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% EVGA(3842 1371) 1GB CLim: 720 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 11% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 803GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41000WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 225 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2097171 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 995 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 78 60 257699151894 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 21474836485 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 194 (EA) Unknown 100 100 436 (F1) Unknown 253 253 386 (F2) Unknown 253 253 361 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	70.6% Very good	Read 471 Write 262 Mixed 253 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 17.7 80% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 45.5 94% 194 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 430GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 133 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 49 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 130386533	112% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 400 Mixed 419 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 48.6 174% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 129 150% 262 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 131%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 6GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 178 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 8 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 65 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 494339918	83% Excellent	Read 368 Write 313 Mixed 315 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 32.8 131% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 124 116% 182 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 124%
Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210839400 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3027 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4371345753 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28509 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 319 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 349 (BE) vendor-specific 70 44 17718509598 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 233 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3028 (C2) HDA temperature 30 56 68719476766 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52.4% Above average	Read 117 Write 65.6 Mixed 101 72% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.12 55% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 99%
Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1TB free Firmware: SC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 169967120 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3839 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24378506 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28491 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 314 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 26 26 74 (BE) vendor-specific 74 44 9044426778 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3840 (C2) HDA temperature 26 56 55834574874 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	62.9% Good	Read 115 Write 105 Mixed 127 88% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.17 65% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 540GB free Firmware: CC98 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 90 83 109693381 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4027 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 832 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 160706317 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34253 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 328 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 3178 (BC) Unknown 100 92 124555952159 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 33 52485139726371 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 248 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4050 (C2) HDA temperature 35 67 25769803811 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 4 109693381 (C5) Current pending sector count 96 96 368 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 96 96 368 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -29472065553619 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3334909201 (F2) Unknown 100 253 194516238	46.9% Average	Read 78.5 Write 85.1 Mixed 74.6 60% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.12 55% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 75%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 33.5 Mixed 26.6 40% 31.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.4 81% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 98%
WDC WD40 EZRZ-00WN9B0 4TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 2.5TB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 105 Write 102 Mixed 81.8 122% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.28 83% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 51%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2TB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 115 Write 132 Mixed 65.5 131% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.18 40% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 59%
WDC WD40 EZRX-00SPEB0 4TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1.5TB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 111 Write 86.4 Mixed 102 125% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.29 86% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 44%
WDC WD10 EADS-00M2B0 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 927GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 34.8 Write 38.4 Mixed 26.9 43% 33.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.3 65% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 40%
WDC WD10 01FALS-00E8B0 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 687GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.2% Poor	Read 35.4 Write 38.6 Mixed 21.8 40% 31.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.43 100% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 44%
ST1000DM 003-1CH162 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 103GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 38.3 Mixed 16.3 38% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.19 60% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 63%
WDC WD40 EZRX-00SPEB0 4TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 31GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 102 Write 72.8 Mixed 84.7 107% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.8 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 24.1 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 114%

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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 $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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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