Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	1.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151019
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '18 at 22:18
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	66%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^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 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 78.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 202 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 409 47% 369 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6161) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.9% Below average	Lighting 24.3 Reflection 67.1 Parallax 58.6 20% 50 fps	MRender 64.9 Gravity 62.9 Splatting 64.5 52% 64.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 37GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14099 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2312 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 352 (AE) Unknown 100 100 213 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1173 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1224 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18291090041 (F2) Unknown 100 100 62463021918	48.8% Average	Read 451 Write 302 Mixed 303 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 10.9 4K Mixed 6.66 39% 11.2 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 10.9 DQ Mixed 6.34 9% 17.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 56%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 9GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 19 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5762 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 535 (64) Unknown 100 100 1184592 (65) Unknown 100 100 303776 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 91 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 698 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 703 (B7) Unknown 98 98 14 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 100 146029805593 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 19 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 19 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2211 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1655 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1949 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14640 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 19	52.6% Above average	Read 339 Write 194 Mixed 198 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 34.9 4K Mixed 11 70% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 88.7 DQ Mixed 17.7 49% 109 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 82%
Sandisk S064G 63GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 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 100 100 10194 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1757 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1957363 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 501 (AE) Unknown 100 100 204 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 23 201863659543 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1670 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2413 (F1) Unknown 100 100 42567454061 (F2) Unknown 100 100 40451997801	39.7% Below average	Read 444 Write 180 Mixed 214 61% 279 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 8.22 4K Mixed 5.41 34% 9.62 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 9.97 DQ Mixed 6.7 9% 16.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 93GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 75377384 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3838 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 13041218915 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 23693 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2400 (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 76 51 437256216 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 451506 (C2) HDA temperature 24 49 42949672984 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -65859028502931 (F1) Unknown 100 253 54832347252 (F2) Unknown 100 253 77604733478	65% Good	Read 96.3 Write 130 Mixed 136 92% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.23 69% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB 427 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 20.1 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 14.1 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 83.4 48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 106%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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