Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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.
Graphics	84.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	19.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '15 at 00:14
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 155 2-Core 307 105% 231 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 733 75% 607 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 70% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5582 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 103 88% 108 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 89.8 77% 94.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ts1tssd3 70 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 822GB free (System drive) Firmware: N111 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 96 (A3) Unknown 100 100 59 (A4) Unknown 100 100 683 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 45 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8541 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6380 (F5) Unknown 100 100 10928	106% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 426 Mixed 450 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 38.6 160% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 65.3 101% 191 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%
WD WD20EARS-00MVWB0 2TB 162 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 237 162 3150 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1426 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 35830 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 768 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 44 44 468206 (C2) HDA temperature 124 108 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	60.7% Good	Read 107 Write 104 Mixed 87.9 75% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.14 77% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 67%
Seagate FreeAgent 1TB 1,657 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 192GB free, PID 3008 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 36.8 Write 38.2 Mixed 12.2 35% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.33 52% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 20%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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