Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '18 at 00:30
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 224 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 626 64% 515 Pts	64-Core 720 45% 720 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Lighting 25.6 Reflection 24.9 Parallax 32.2 21% 27.6 fps	MRender 34.2 Gravity 29.7 Splatting 25.8 24% 29.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2211 480GB-$70 2,197 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 357GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS221016 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1506 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 544 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (AA) Unknown 100 100 880 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458777 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 2 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2700	64% Good	Read 368 Write 389 Mixed 377 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 11.7 81% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 73 DQ Mixed 54.2 40% 50.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 113%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$22 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 148 1266 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10501 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1522 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1217 (BF) G-sense error rate 35 35 65 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 305 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19403 (C2) HDA temperature 119 82 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	55.6% Above average	Read 101 Write 93.6 Mixed 94.5 72% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.21 52% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 61%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 377GB free Firmware: SM12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 8084176 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5306 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 21628108662 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3945 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3964 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 66 66 34 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 42 1383400275993 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 252 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 84640 (C2) HDA temperature 25 58 64424509465 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 27 8084176 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 1 1 5	50.2% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 85.4 Mixed 88.5 66% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.48 4K Mixed 0.15 49% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GB 9,100 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 25.5 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 107%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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