Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	45.3% 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	51.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 02:59
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	93%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 85.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 256 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 708 70% 572 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.3% Average	Lighting 57.1 Reflection 53.1 Parallax 47.9 46% 52.7 fps	MRender 53 Gravity 57.2 Splatting 48.8 43% 53 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 44238173 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -106291850631944 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1256 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 117 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 22 45 34362687510 (C2) HDA temperature 22 45 34362687510 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 44238173 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 44238173 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 44238173 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17255 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12555 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12555 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7185	51.2% Above average	Read 504 Write 109 Mixed 125 53% 246 MB/s	4K Read 9.37 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 9.84 72% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 50.4 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 25.2 35% 61.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 75%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 614GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 166 6575 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1017 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8201 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1007 (10) Unknown 5 195 95151871415 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 931 (C2) HDA temperature 124 110 26 (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	78.6% Very good	Read 135 Write 139 Mixed 125 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.22 98% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 112%
WD My Book 1230 2TB 4,878 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 128 Write 130 Mixed 99.1 151% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.26 93% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.7% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 21.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 129%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 - $191

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,227x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	297x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	392x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16