Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.7% 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	219% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	10.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '18 at 21:14
Run Duration	296 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 587 65% 511 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 3778) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Lighting 45.3 Reflection 42.1 Parallax 55 37% 47.4 fps	MRender 55.1 Gravity 53.2 Splatting 39 39% 49.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 474GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9631 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1409 (B1) Unknown 98 98 86 (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 76 60 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 21 (EB) Unknown 99 99 44 (F1) Unknown 99 99 56225734275	100% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 449 Mixed 503 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 31.1 140% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 73.2 95% 174 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,883 Write 1,103 Mixed 1,196 308% 1,394 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 44.3 196% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 517 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 173 189% 323 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 236%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$229 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 226295570 (03) Spinup time 90 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 60 60 41880 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 12900115709 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5779 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 546 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 84 2577019699802 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 31 -3555000279 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 46888 (C2) HDA temperature 41 69 81604378665 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 9 -4068671726 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 47476568495628 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1460662965 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3764321949	77.8% Very good	Read 144 Write 127 Mixed 131 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.55 128% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 167 1275 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8575 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24456 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4109 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 206 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 63136 (C2) HDA temperature 127 103 23 (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	30.6% Below average	Read 49.4 Write 57.5 Mixed 47.1 38% 51.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.16 39% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 67%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 480GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 134 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8616 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15763 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3783 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 29548 (C2) HDA temperature 120 108 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	83.9% Excellent	Read 156 Write 136 Mixed 120 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.28 106% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 625GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 162 1308 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8423 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31668 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4104 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 329991 (C2) HDA temperature 127 108 23 (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	54.6% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 97.2 Mixed 97.9 72% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.15 54% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 67%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 166GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 34.7 Write 31 Mixed 29.7 24% 31.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.51 135% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 941GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 37.9 Write 37 Mixed 32.9 46% 36 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.2 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 4x8GB 796 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.2% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 22 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 136%

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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 $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