Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.5% 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	91.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 09:40
Run Duration	1022 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 80.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 279 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 558 74% 555 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 22B6) 2GB CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.5.1 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	34.5% Below average	Lighting 42.9 Reflection 48.9 Parallax 53 35% 48.3 fps	MRender 48.2 Gravity 38.6 Splatting 37.8 34% 41.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13206 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 190 (B1) Unknown 98 98 29 (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 61 49 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8673012277	91.8% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 414 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 29.9 146% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 42.9 DQ Write 68 DQ Mixed 21.5 26% 44.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 66GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 157182088 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 163 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44665456 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 196611 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 672202789 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 17 17 166283 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 68719476773 (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 50929722201494 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21899454363 (F2) Unknown 100 253 95817960809	73.7% Very good	Read 154 Write 103 Mixed 123 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.55 4K Mixed 0.17 50% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 113%
WD Blue 750GB (2008)-$72 4,659 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 40GB free Firmware: 30.04G30 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 179 7833 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2464 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 72394 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1760 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3427 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5668 (C2) HDA temperature 108 92 44 (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 136377 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.3% Below average	Read 59.3 Write 59.9 Mixed 61.9 46% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.32 89% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 52%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 11GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 5975 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2304 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31637 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1141 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 163 163 111561 (C2) HDA temperature 110 96 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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73.1% Very good	Read 126 Write 129 Mixed 134 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 0.51 4K Mixed 0.24 71% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 83%
Generic USB SD Reader 2GB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 1% 1GB free, PID 9360 Operating at USB 1.1 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	0.78% Terrible	Read 1.13 Write 1.05 Mixed 1.09 1% 1.09 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.06 7% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.78% Great: 2%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.8% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 18.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 - $191

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,227x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	297x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	392x
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 $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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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