Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.8% 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	57.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '17 at 03:16
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 247 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 413 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.8% Above average	Lighting 62.5 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 59.9 51% 63.6 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 60.5 Splatting 54 50% 62.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 240GB-$109 340 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 31369413 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 101 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 53 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 41 77312098337 (C2) HDA temperature 33 41 77312098337 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 31369413 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 31369413 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 31369413 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 17179869185 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294966952 (EA) Unknown 0 0 276 (F1) Unknown 0 0 276 (F2) Unknown 0 0 315	57.5% Above average	Read 306 Write 213 Mixed 243 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 9.17 85% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 46.3 73% 137 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31364312 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 314253 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (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 75 71 437387289 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 97 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 73014444057 (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 5995774345236 (F1) Unknown 100 253 921071340 (F2) Unknown 100 253 182071873	95.8% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 161 Mixed 154 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.18 63% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 450GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 225894632 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1025 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 39461774 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 946 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 91 352192888918 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 62 471007259 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 300 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4145 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 60129542171 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 80 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -14675903247354 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6976173418 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17201850117	104% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 173 Mixed 134 123% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.76 213% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 25.1 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 24.2 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 88%

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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 $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: 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 $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