Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.7% 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	73.5% 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 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '18 at 09:41
Run Duration	404 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 675 67% 547 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 3001) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.8.2 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Lighting 47.8 Reflection 32 Parallax 60.1 39% 46.6 fps	MRender 30.6 Gravity 46.7 Splatting 39.7 32% 39 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Inte SSDSC2BW240A4 240GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -20581483269223 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 463 (AA) Unknown 68 68 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 6 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 33 49 77312622625 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1476240 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 42 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 68 68 0 (E9) Unknown 68 68 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1476240 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1094748 (F9) Unknown 100 100 223489	73.5% Very good	Read 489 Write 213 Mixed 287 72% 330 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 18.3 125% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.1 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 22.9 43% 80.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 90%
Sandis SPS480G 480GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 32GB free Firmware: X212 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 21162 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 119 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 83 (A8) Unknown 100 100 79 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1283 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 26 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 43 184684904480 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 86 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 13967 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11330 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5495 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	104% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 463 Mixed 464 107% 479 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 26.3 148% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 36.3 90% 192 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
WD WD60EZRX-00MVLB1 6TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 189 9400 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 139 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20336 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 115 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 136 136 192568 (C2) HDA temperature 119 110 33 (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	67.9% Good	Read 117 Write 120 Mixed 119 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.18 50% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 89%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 80.0 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 165 Write 126 Mixed 133 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.24 121% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 98%
WD WD60EZRX-00MVLB1 6TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 216 196 8191 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 171 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20323 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 114 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 158 158 127869 (C2) HDA temperature 121 109 31 (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	77% Very good	Read 119 Write 150 Mixed 126 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.26 97% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 89%
WD WD60EZRX-00MVLB1 6TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 195 9100 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2326 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 268 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 81384 (C2) HDA temperature 120 103 32 (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	83.3% Excellent	Read 157 Write 134 Mixed 116 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 0.49 4K Mixed 0.12 33% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 89%
WDC WD40 EJRX-89T1XY0 4TB 3.5TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.1% Above average	Read 135 Write 140 Mixed 110 164% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.22 65% 0.83 MB/s

WDC WD40 EJRX-89T1XY0 4TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 3TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.5% Average	Read 108 Write 110 Mixed 83 127% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.86 4K Mixed 0.28 109% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 49%
WDC WD40 EJRX-89T1XY0 4TB 3TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.2% Average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 100 131% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.28 98% 1.23 MB/s

WDC WD40 PURX-64NZ6Y0 4TB 2.5TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.6% Below average	Read 72.3 Write 63.8 Mixed 46.8 75% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.24 78% 0.91 MB/s

WDC WD30 PURX-64P6ZY0 3TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 793GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.6% Below average	Read 87 Write 93.5 Mixed 88.1 117% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.19 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.24 71% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 42%
WDC WD30 EZRX-00D8PB0 3TB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 279GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 99.7 Write 98.7 Mixed 91 124% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.29 82% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 58%
SanDisk CFast SDDR-299 128GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 84GB free, PID c7cf Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	110% Outstanding	Read 293 Write 93.4 Mixed 125 181% 170 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 14 4K Mixed 6.31 752% 12.2 MB/s	DQ Read 16.9 DQ Write 13.7 DQ Mixed 6.34 743% 12.3 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 360%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.2% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 21.8 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 94%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 - $191

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,226x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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