Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.6% 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)
Boot Drive	49.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 00:19
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 135 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 733 72% 591 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1638 MHz, MLim: 1857 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 67.1 Reflection 61.9 Parallax 57.9 55% 62.3 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 60.5 52% 63 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 25027506 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 41085657163007 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1257 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 117 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 20 45 34362687508 (C2) HDA temperature 20 45 34362687508 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 25027506 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 25027506 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 25027506 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17288 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12581 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12581 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7213	49.9% Average	Read 394 Write 112 Mixed 142 47% 216 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 7.83 86% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 16.7 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 26.7 33% 54.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 75%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 614GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 166 6575 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1018 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8208 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1008 (10) Unknown 5 195 95193920512 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 932 (C2) HDA temperature 126 110 24 (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	78% Very good	Read 149 Write 123 Mixed 120 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.94 4K Mixed 0.21 94% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 112%
WD My Book 1230 2TB 4,878 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 117 Write 113 Mixed 113 147% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.26 100% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.7% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.6 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 21.1 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 129%

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Gaming 69%

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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	2,234x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	476x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	484x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	394x
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 $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Total price: $646

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16