Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z170-CF

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	68.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z170
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z170-CF (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	20151020
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '17 at 03:06
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 222 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 429 57% 427 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia NVS 310 4,920 User benchmarks, average bench 1% HP(103C 094E) 512MB CLim: 523 MHz, MLim: 437 MHz, Ram: 512MB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q 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 97 97 10666 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4374 (B1) Unknown 88 88 412 (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 64 59 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 782 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34188660832	68.9% Good	Read 486 Write 267 Mixed 330 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 18.9 83% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 77.8 DQ Mixed 60.8 77% 143 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 76%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 12GB free Firmware: VT100-50 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5696 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18866 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19749 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8573 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 5 (BE) vendor-specific 145 109 31 (C2) HDA temperature 145 109 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1749721 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	21.5% Poor	Read 35.7 Write 39.1 Mixed 38.1 28% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.35 75% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.6% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 13.1 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15.5 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 88%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z170-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	150x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	79x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	38x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	36x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	27x

SSD
SD8SBBU240G1122 240GBSandiskBench 47%, 2,683 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
Z400s 256GBSanDisk $221Bench 72%, 10,770 samples	7x

RAM
DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 2,314 samples	29x
CM4X4GF3000C15K4 4x4GBCorsairBench 83%, 260 samples	17x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x

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Total price: $297

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