Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 93% 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.9% 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	96% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '16 at 21:37
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	17%

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 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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 253 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 728 75% 604 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36C2) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 48.6 Reflection 46 Parallax 40.7 40% 45.1 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 42.1 Splatting 36.7 32% 39 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 385GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q 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 99 99 40 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 97 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 73 67 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 356651877	96% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 399 Mixed 411 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 19 133% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 19.9 93% 210 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 134%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 180 179 5983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 50 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 37 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 49 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 158 (C2) HDA temperature 128 120 22 (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	82% Excellent	Read 138 Write 148 Mixed 142 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.29 110% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 96%
Intenso USB 3.0 Device 500GB 479 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 291GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 78.5 Write 79 Mixed 42.1 82% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.25 23% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 44%
Seagate FreeAgent Go 320GB 1,223 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 31GB free, PID 2100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 34.4 Write 31.4 Mixed 33 42% 32.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.24 37% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 18%
Lexar SD USB_3_0 Read 32GB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 21GB free, PID b049 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 88.9 Write 84.6 Mixed 80.6 108% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 8.07 4K Write 3.59 4K Mixed 2.42 234% 4.69 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.8% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.2 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 110%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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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 $94Bench 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 $37Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $634

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16