Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	48.6% 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	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151019
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 22 '17 at 20:00
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 280 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 543 69% 524 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2990) CLim: 1576 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.6% Average	Lighting 59.2 Reflection 60 Parallax 50.9 48% 56.7 fps	MRender 57.5 Gravity 59.6 Splatting 62.6 49% 59.9 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 131GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14334 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 999 (B1) Unknown 97 97 29 (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 62 47 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 555 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14797780637	99.9% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 352 Mixed 355 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 28.3 151% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 83 122% 230 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 118%
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 120GB-$106 3,124 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.08 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 532632553852 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 107335527717023 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2527 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 319 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 532632553852 (C4) Reallocation count 97 97 4294967295 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 532632553852 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 532632553852 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 429496729700 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25355 (EA) Unknown 0 0 21899 (F1) Unknown 0 0 21899 (F2) Unknown 0 0 29933	77.4% Very good	Read 521 Write 161 Mixed 231 66% 304 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 20.7 127% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 56.8 87% 167 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 256GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 20690152 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 809 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 25300764 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8334 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 752 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 61 51 672268327 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 42110 (C2) HDA temperature 39 49 47244640295 (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 -69745973915047 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13602841521 (F2) Unknown 100 253 436001082935	91.9% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 138 Mixed 137 114% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.17 81% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 113%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 39GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 147 5483 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5558 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 44895 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4218 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4218 (C2) HDA temperature 112 90 35 (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	44% Average	Read 77.5 Write 75.4 Mixed 83.3 60% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.37 98% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 33.1 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 27.5 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 115%

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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	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	178x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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