Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52% 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	76.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '16 at 02:39
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 79 1-Core 117 2-Core 223 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 476 53% 417 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4448 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52% Above average	Lighting 64.1 Reflection 70.5 Parallax 62.7 52% 65.7 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 61 Splatting 57.4 52% 63.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 705GB free (System drive) Firmware: X411 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2881 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 109 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5767235 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 65 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1634 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 43 184684773405 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 81604378643 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 606 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1401 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1246 (F2) Unknown 253 253 856 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.5% Very good	Read 502 Write 244 Mixed 197 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 21.4 102% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 18.2 76% 173 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 107%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 159GB free Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10322 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 711 (B1) Unknown 98 98 20 (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 69 50 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 69 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10821200681	101% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 352 Mixed 358 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 28.5 159% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 42.7 93% 193 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 118%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 193GB free Firmware: 01.0 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 112 Write 95.2 Mixed 90.2 74% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.39 105% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 79GB free Firmware: 3.AA Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 55.8 Write 56 Mixed 49.7 40% 53.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.36 86% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 43%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 18GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 171 3916 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1029 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 877 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 862 (C2) HDA temperature 104 81 43 (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	37% Below average	Read 63.8 Write 64.8 Mixed 62.9 48% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.42 114% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C15 2x16GB 891 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.7 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 82.4 48% 82.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 115%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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