Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	11.5% 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	80.2% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '16 at 00:55
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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 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 (97^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 262 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 760 74% 605 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% XFX(1682 2990) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Lighting 15.2 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 13 12% 13.1 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 12.8 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U256G1122 256GB 2,469 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1835027 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 195 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 61 261994184739 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 21474836485 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 61 (EA) Unknown 100 100 94 (F1) Unknown 253 253 88 (F2) Unknown 253 253 56 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.2% Excellent	Read 485 Write 339 Mixed 300 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 29.9 110% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 13.7 48% 97.6 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 332GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 2358 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 112 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 571 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 66 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1007 (C2) HDA temperature 116 110 27 (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	81.8% Excellent	Read 145 Write 140 Mixed 126 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.29 112% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 45.5 MC Mixed 36 118% 41.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 49.7 SC Mixed 34.2 102% 35.9 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 116% 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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,213x
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 $134	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