Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '16 at 18:02
Run Duration	297 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$88 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 551 73% 550 Pts	64-Core 557 34% 557 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2980) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 82.2 Parallax 72.9 64% 77.7 fps	MRender 78.8 Gravity 70.3 Splatting 67.2 58% 72.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 480GB-$200 235 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 447GB free Firmware: 580A Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 370 Write 216 Mixed 238 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 12.2 4K Mixed 10.4 43% 12.7 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 44.5 DQ Mixed 31.2 41% 76.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 59%
Corsai Neutron SSD 240GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: M206 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17102 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2334 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 0 25772490781 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 1 (EA) Unknown 100 100 43111 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19959 (F2) Unknown 100 100 24390 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 45757	74.2% Very good	Read 465 Write 245 Mixed 352 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 17.4 96% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 61.5 105% 207 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 93%
Patriot Memory 8GB 193 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	4.5% Terrible	Read 16.5 Write 5.07 Mixed 7.4 10% 9.67 MB/s	4K Read 3.94 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 16% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.5% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.7 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 25.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 104%

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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	2,234x
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	475x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	484x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	394x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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: $646

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16