Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	47.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151019
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '16 at 23:02
Run Duration	516 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 685 67% 547 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 2808) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5560 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Lighting 17.8 Reflection 16 Parallax 20.2 14% 18 fps	MRender 21.6 Gravity 16 Splatting 15 14% 17.5 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 218GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 557 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 69 59 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1897933677	104% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 411 Mixed 420 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 40.7 164% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 119 111% 169 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 294 Write 153 Mixed 172 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 8.87 84% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 21 DQ Write 85.4 DQ Mixed 32.5 31% 46.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 133%
ST310005 28AS 1TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 818GB free, PID 2351 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 41.3 Write 42 Mixed 41.5 54% 41.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.5 70% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 20%
Verbatim STORE N GO 8GB 7,781 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	5.13% Terrible	Read 19.9 Write 7.37 Mixed 9.9 14% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 2.52 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.006 10% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.13% Great: 7%
HP v125w 4GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 3307 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	6.2% Terrible	Read 23 Write 4.74 Mixed 7.6 12% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.007 29% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.2% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 23 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 24.5 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 110%

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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	2,228x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	392x
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 $96Bench 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: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16