Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	224% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '18 at 20:44
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 583 78% 580 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Gigabyte(1458 3628) 3GB CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 47% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,912 Write 1,018 Mixed 1,354 316% 1,428 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 53.3 215% 85.8 MB/s	DQ Read 426 DQ Write 463 DQ Mixed 216 226% 369 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 219%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 67GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7600 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2761 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1198 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 589289 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 2723243 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 2416375161 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 589289 (F2) Unknown 100 100 522454	45% Average	Read 261 Write 135 Mixed 165 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 16.1 72% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 62.2 DQ Mixed 30.1 42% 79.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 48%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 654GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 49250664 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1324 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 65 11237636 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26930 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 415 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25770459146 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 48 588840989 (C2) HDA temperature 29 52 77309411357 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 11 49250664 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 87299505286761 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1062016656 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1351771710	56% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 95.1 Mixed 88.2 71% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.54 121% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 514GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36944186 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14671 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26921290 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 40714 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 607 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 103081050140 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 572063773 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 77309411357 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 15 36944186 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -16187731717807 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2203242108 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4194646083	54.4% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 92.9 Mixed 97.1 72% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.34 74% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GB 9,797 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 28 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 26.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 95%

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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