Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	276% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '18 at 03:41
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 741 80% 637 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Lighting 66.4 Reflection 70.8 Parallax 63.1 54% 66.8 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 62.7 Splatting 56.2 52% 64.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 235GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 20100 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 180 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 110 (AE) Unknown 100 100 120 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 51 210454118430 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 12 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 42128362830 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1329145426 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1331731385	105% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 483 Mixed 464 108% 486 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 32.5 151% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 44.3 83% 160 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 231GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,577 Write 1,391 Mixed 1,359 390% 1,776 MB/s	4K Read 59 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 48.5 228% 83.9 MB/s	DQ Read 506 DQ Write 381 DQ Mixed 175 204% 354 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 254%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 699GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 17 (03) Spinup time 174 172 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12002 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 16 16 61689 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 363 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 220 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11781 (C2) HDA temperature 120 101 27 (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	75.6% Very good	Read 144 Write 120 Mixed 115 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.42 128% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 76%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 233GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 140 3916 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12948 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 41651 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 229 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 52 689111067 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12811 (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 1	59.4% Above average	Read 105 Write 102 Mixed 95.4 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.29 87% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 2,670 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 30.4 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 29.6 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 104%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,221x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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