Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 16:24
Run Duration	379 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 219 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 656 63% 518 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Lighting 134 Reflection 145 Parallax 138 109% 139 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22876 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 816 (B1) Unknown 93 93 82 (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 55 51 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 9 (EB) Unknown 99 99 226 (F1) Unknown 99 99 61652672251	79.4% Very good	Read 489 Write 339 Mixed 351 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 17.1 90% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 78.4 114% 217 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 118%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$64 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01K02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 140 133 11975 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 64 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18865 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 53 (B7) Unknown 94 94 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 33 (C2) HDA temperature 101 90 51 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	83.4% Excellent	Read 141 Write 150 Mixed 145 110% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.15 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.29 52% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 96%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 653GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8408 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6775 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25478 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 740 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 210 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6565 (C2) HDA temperature 101 86 51 (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	51.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 77 Mixed 88.6 67% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.5 122% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 83%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 500GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8375 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8226 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24170 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 714 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 190 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8035 (C2) HDA temperature 109 93 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	60.6% Good	Read 133 Write 77.9 Mixed 88.5 75% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.41 119% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 83%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 372GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8466 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7342 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 750 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 211 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7137 (C2) HDA temperature 116 86 36 (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	57.1% Above average	Read 106 Write 91.9 Mixed 105 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.78 4K Mixed 0.38 144% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 83%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 207GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8608 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6724 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23040 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 731 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6530 (C2) HDA temperature 111 89 41 (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	62.6% Good	Read 133 Write 84.5 Mixed 99.8 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.37 117% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 83%
WDC WD30 PURX-64P6ZY0 3TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 406GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21% Poor	Read 38.4 Write 40 Mixed 36.8 50% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.25 83% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 21%
WDC WD20 EADS-32S2B0 2TB 52GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-024.A00G 2x4GB 3,406 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.8% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 20.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 79%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 - $167

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	640x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	297x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	167x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	108x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	92x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $617

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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