Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	35.7% 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	89.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '17 at 07:39
Run Duration	1074 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 545 73% 545 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 22B6) 2GB CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.5.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Lighting 44.6 Reflection 51.3 Parallax 54.9 36% 50.3 fps	MRender 49.5 Gravity 39.7 Splatting 38.6 34% 42.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13228 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 195 (B1) Unknown 98 98 29 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 49 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 40 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8703997323	89.2% Excellent	Read 517 Write 419 Mixed 424 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 22.5 138% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 44.9 DQ Write 74.4 DQ Mixed 40.8 36% 53.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 66GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 131809776 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 168 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44794735 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13075 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 165 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 196611 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 52 690487336 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 17 17 166448 (C2) HDA temperature 40 48 68719476776 (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 111978387346852 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21999692680 (F2) Unknown 100 253 95883111577	65.2% Good	Read 143 Write 84.2 Mixed 120 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.22 62% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 113%
WD Blue 750GB (2008)-$72 4,659 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 41GB free Firmware: 30.04G30 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 212 179 6383 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2469 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 72416 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1765 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3432 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5673 (C2) HDA temperature 107 92 45 (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 136377 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	36.9% Below average	Read 64.6 Write 63.7 Mixed 69.9 50% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.25 80% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 52%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 11GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 176 5416 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2309 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31659 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1146 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 163 163 111736 (C2) HDA temperature 107 96 43 (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	73.6% Very good	Read 125 Write 132 Mixed 134 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.25 77% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 83%
IS917 innostor 8GB 308 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 7GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 118 Write 22.3 Mixed 23.8 51% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 0.28 4K Mixed 0.26 78% 5.59 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 26%
Generic USB SD Reader 2GB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 1% 1GB free, PID 9360 Operating at USB 1.1 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	0.8% Terrible	Read 1.14 Write 1.06 Mixed 1.1 1% 1.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.06 8% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.8% Great: 2%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 28.7 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.7 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 86%

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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	2,220x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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