Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	79% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161117
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '17 at 08:25
Run Duration	277 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 256 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 715 71% 580 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Zotac(19DA 2375) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL 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 14537 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 384 (A5) Unknown 100 100 820490143610 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 48 (A9) Unknown 100 100 518 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 203 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 50 214749413410 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5695179719982 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11276 (EA) Unknown 100 100 39230 (F1) Unknown 253 253 30284 (F2) Unknown 253 253 29305 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79% Very good	Read 494 Write 344 Mixed 309 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 41 4K Mixed 19.5 90% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 42 89% 185 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 108%
Transcend SSD370 64GB-$39 408 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 0GB free Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 1408 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 327 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 41 (A3) Unknown 100 100 27 (A4) Unknown 100 100 149246 (A5) Unknown 100 100 192 (A6) Unknown 100 100 93 (A7) Unknown 100 100 147 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 512 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 53982 (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 144775 (F2) Unknown 100 100 115761 (F5) Unknown 100 100 298492	62.5% Good	Read 413 Write 80 Mixed 134 45% 209 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 26.7 119% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 80.3 DQ Mixed 36.1 48% 90.2 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 66%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 282GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 72 72 9310 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6511 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 25006 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 580 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 65 504234012 (C2) HDA temperature 72 63 554565660 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 5717157 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	36% Below average	Read 60 Write 65.3 Mixed 76.4 51% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.44 98% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 58%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 86GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 166 6475 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5774 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38119 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1139 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 299 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 842295 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 34 (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	39.8% Below average	Read 78.4 Write 60.1 Mixed 78.8 55% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.14 57% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 4GB free Firmware: 1AG01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 70 70 9800 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 468 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14190 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 372 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 64 487391259 (C2) HDA temperature 73 61 537722907 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 33907619 (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 253 253 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	29.8% Poor	Read 54.6 Write 49.2 Mixed 48.2 38% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.26 65% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 58%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 1GB free, PID 0743 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	22% Poor	Read 89.8 Write 17.6 Mixed 25.9 43% 44.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.44 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.58 84% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS824A.C8FAD1 859B CT8G4DFS824A.M8FB 859B CT8G4DFS824A.C8FAD1 859B CT8G4DFS824A.M8FB 32GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24.1 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 23 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns

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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 $81Bench 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 $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