Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.7% 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	77.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1228 x 698 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 08:43
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 460 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 8C97) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Lighting 33.6 Reflection 25.2 Parallax 25.5 27% 28.1 fps	MRender 37.7 Gravity 33.4 Splatting 33.1 28% 34.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 128GB-$74 4,687 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20140516 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1635 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2118 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 52 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 28312 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 79528 (A5) Unknown 100 100 132 (A6) Unknown 100 100 31 (A7) Unknown 100 100 78 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 80 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 167297 (F2) Unknown 100 100 193620	77.6% Very good	Read 516 Write 155 Mixed 236 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 30.1 126% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 62.7 86% 160 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 820GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210649304 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7544 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 3068375 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12288 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2152 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 64 56 605749284 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 552 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38466 (C2) HDA temperature 36 44 81604378660 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 117 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -2396591747466 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7249675649 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14527620604	91.2% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 156 Mixed 155 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.37 107% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 592GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 201350872 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 853 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 440563 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 212 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 622526501 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2043 (C2) HDA temperature 37 46 81604378661 (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 33187212296361 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5550614769 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1218750054	87.8% Excellent	Read 158 Write 148 Mixed 144 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.18 76% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 192GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 13 (03) Spinup time 139 136 4008 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12503 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3061 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 636 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11813 (C2) HDA temperature 108 92 35 (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 200 199 600786 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	58% Above average	Read 99 Write 103 Mixed 87.4 72% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.45 100% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x4GB 2,627 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.4 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 20.7 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 92%

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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	2,213x
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