Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.1% 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	129% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '18 at 15:43
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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 i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 769 81% 649 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% PowerColor(148C 2359) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1475 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Lighting 45.5 Reflection 51.5 Parallax 54.7 37% 50.5 fps	MRender 51 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 36.4 34% 42.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 500GB 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1903 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 240 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 63 51 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7030729155	129% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 484 Mixed 500 112% 499 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 60 203% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 156 170% 285 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 135%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 403GB free Firmware: CC26 Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 128 Write 125 Mixed 115 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.27 73% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 310GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 56018784 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6224 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 57 54 55841208574 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33795 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 824 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 68 44 4900454432 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 514 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24625 (C2) HDA temperature 32 56 25769803808 (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 -21268678045478 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20857631866 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23453219935	77.1% Very good	Read 149 Write 120 Mixed 149 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.31 77% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 108GB free Firmware: KC45 Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 83.8 Write 89.9 Mixed 88.2 66% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.45 85% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 80GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 105282192 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7257 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5789799 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29014 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 776 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 107375820826 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 48 639172639 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 288 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31758 (C2) HDA temperature 31 52 42949672991 (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 -102709847911940 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26348632442742 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15213604080618	91.2% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 131 Mixed 106 105% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.31 82% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 33.7 108% 38 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 43.3 SC Mixed 32.2 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

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

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Gaming 69%

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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	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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	199x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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