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 as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	43.8% 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 (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '18 at 16:50
Run Duration	97 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 87.1 1-Core 157 2-Core 317 100% 187 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 589 77% 580 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD Smartbuy 120GB 1,828 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM21.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 186 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 37 37 626 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262165 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 421	43.8% Average	Read 421 Write 196 Mixed 31.3 47% 216 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 3.93 43% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 26.6 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 3.47 20% 43.7 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 32GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 136602208 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3050 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 811740511 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2999 (B7) Unknown 89 89 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032836 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 521797661 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9440 (C2) HDA temperature 29 46 34359738397 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 4126 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -64742336999446 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22121809770289 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -18523954482649	112% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 191 Mixed 136 131% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.41 117% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS824A.C8FBD1 859B CT8G4DFS824A.C8FDD1 16GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.3% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9.5 28% 9.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 6.9 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 78%

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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