Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 9 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 01 '17 at 16:18
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 498 66% 493 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	51% Above average	Lighting 63.4 Reflection 57 Parallax 73.6 52% 64.7 fps	MRender 55.6 Gravity 50.3 Splatting 71.4 50% 59.1 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 10 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 60 57 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 723633656
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD WD10EACS-00D6B0 1TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 86GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 157 6858 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6080 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 39909 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5985 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 709 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6077 (C2) HDA temperature 113 99 37 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.5% Below average	Read 57.5 Write 62.4 Mixed 77.5 50% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.24 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 49%
WD WD10EARS-00Y5B1 1TB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 26GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5545 (03) Spinup time 128 118 6566 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2853 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23703 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2842 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 535 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 915190 (C2) HDA temperature 112 94 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 192 192 1412 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 195 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 152 0	62.3% Good	Read 115 Write 102 Mixed 84 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.18 74% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 59%
WD WD2500AAJS-75M0A 250GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 8GB free Firmware: 02.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 7 (03) Spinup time 136 132 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7441 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 29082 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3832 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 919 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7441 (C2) HDA temperature 103 86 40 (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 200 193 77 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 67 67 24256 (F1) Unknown 200 200 4607332575 (F2) Unknown 200 200 6883534643	41% Average	Read 71.3 Write 71.2 Mixed 71.4 54% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.36 97% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 51%
WD WD740GD-00FLA2 74GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 3GB free Firmware: 31.0 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 197 0 (03) Spinup time 127 111 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12348 (05) Reallocated sector count 198 198 18 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 50153 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8407 (C2) HDA temperature 112 93 38 (C4) Reallocation count 197 197 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 80 (C8) Write error rate 200 179 0	36.4% Below average	Read 62.1 Write 64.4 Mixed 60.5 47% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.47 124% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 33.3 106% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 42.6 SC Mixed 30.4 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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