Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.28% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	55.3% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '16 at 21:24
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 256 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 737 76% 615 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4364 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.28% Terrible	Lighting 7.67 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 7.72 6% 8.91 fps	MRender 9.81 Gravity 6.77 Splatting 15.7 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.28% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$114 581 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 195 Write 121 Mixed 297 46% 204 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 32.3 4K Mixed 23.2 81% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 410 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 78.7 130% 254 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 164%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 668GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 55855512 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2026 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 446240 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2556 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1875 (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 69 56 521666591 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 144 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7315 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 47244640287 (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 -74942884346273 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2434607206 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2325477073	91.4% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 150 Mixed 136 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 479GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 121446152 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2854 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26762590 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3962 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2661 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 70 55 4799856670 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 291 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17888 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 -140737488355298 (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 -3388729193732 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11195913608 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16185734790	88.7% Excellent	Read 158 Write 152 Mixed 139 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.26 85% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 765 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 20 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 21.4 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 128%

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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	2,220x
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