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 above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	76.1% 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	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '17 at 02:11
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 490 66% 495 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2660) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 100 100 102 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 121 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 57 184684904481 (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 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2502012696 (F7) Unknown 100 100 78498528 (F8) Unknown 100 100 41091532 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1252 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	76.1% Very good	Read 483 Write 335 Mixed 334 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 13.9 98% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 30 66% 132 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 95%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 83735440 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 110 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1585715 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 805 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 110 (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 67 55 555286561 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 138 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 90194313249 (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 51685636440868 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2145347802 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13430097193	87% Excellent	Read 139 Write 163 Mixed 123 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 5.14 4K Mixed 0.59 187% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 462GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 89 73562105 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2769 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 550994027 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10851 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2203 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 51 605618212 (C2) HDA temperature 36 49 77309411364 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 88 56 207593990 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 10 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42.7% Average	Read 75.5 Write 73.3 Mixed 71.9 55% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.42 93% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 2x16GB 3,191 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 28.5 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 25.8 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 89%

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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	2,220x
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