Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	44.3% 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	65.6% 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 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 06:30
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 693 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD Radeon X1950 Pro 144 User benchmarks, average bench 1% AMD(1002 0B12) 512MB Driver: atiumd64.dll Ver. 8.593.100.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	1.6% Terrible	Lighting 2.97 Reflection 1.88 Parallax 1.72 2% 2.19 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.6% Great: 1%
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.3% Average	Lighting 54.2 Reflection 63.4 Parallax 55.4 44% 57.7 fps	MRender 57.2 Gravity 59 Splatting 49.7 45% 55.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9217 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2449 (B1) Unknown 86 86 165 (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 74 61 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 35 (EB) Unknown 99 99 138 (F1) Unknown 99 99 69322721753	65.6% Good	Read 494 Write 199 Mixed 168 62% 287 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 10.3 86% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 9.91 60% 141 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 130GB free Firmware: 3.CHN Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14889 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 207717166 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 44899 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 86 86 14887 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 40 487784476 (C2) HDA temperature 28 60 51539607580 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 54 54262339 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 9 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42.3% Average	Read 76.5 Write 70.6 Mixed 64.7 53% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.38 88% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 1,779 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.7% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 25.2 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 121%

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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	2,220x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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