Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	135% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '18 at 15:57
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$41 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Memory 52.5 1-Core 29.4 2-Core 65.9 32% 49.3 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 296 29% 235 Pts	64-Core 348 22% 348 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 69%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 253GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 784 798 773 733 577 577 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 1,198 Write 1,134 Mixed 605 SusWrite 707 204% 911 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 25.8 93% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 383 DQ Mixed 647 403% 444 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 254%
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GB 36,832 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 223GB free Firmware: SBFA12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 94 93 93 93 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	61% Good	Read 438 Write 390 Mixed 321 SusWrite 129 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 29.6 4K Mixed 22.7 79% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 196 162% 232 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 90%
WDC WD20 EARS-00MVWB0 2TB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 585GB free, PID 2336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 37 37 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 38.2 Write 37.7 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 37.6 48% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 105% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 20%
JetFlash Transcend 32GB 11,405 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 19GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 102 Write 78.6 Mixed 40.3 86% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.3 86% 2 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 04EF Team-Elite-2400 16GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.1 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 8.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 152 26% 152 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 83%

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Gaming 69%

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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	2,226x
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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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $636

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