Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53.1% 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	122% 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 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 (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160429
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '16 at 15:55
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 133 2-Core 236 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 739 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% XFX(1682 9390) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Lighting 64.9 Reflection 61.6 Parallax 82.6 53% 69.7 fps	MRender 60.6 Gravity 53.3 Splatting 77.3 54% 63.8 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 850 EVO M.2 500GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 57 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 63 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 833117655	122% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 408 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 54.5 206% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 21.4 86% 193 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 122%
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 120GB 4,046 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 93GB free Firmware: 1.33 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2517499 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -17952963270015 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 580 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 109 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 99 99 2517499 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8256 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9088 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9088 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20224	47.1% Average	Read 184 Write 87.1 Mixed 118 28% 130 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 16.7 104% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 97.5 DQ Write 81.2 DQ Mixed 37.3 42% 72 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 55%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 582GB free Firmware: 01.0 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 74.5 Write 70.6 Mixed 67.7 53% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.33 92% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 51%
WD WD10EADS-00L5B1 1TB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 375GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 156 6875 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2846 (05) Reallocated sector count 171 171 231 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 32062 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 365 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2827 (C2) HDA temperature 123 89 27 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 209 (C5) Current pending sector count 194 194 1034 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 194 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 1 0	47.8% Average	Read 90.3 Write 75.7 Mixed 79.8 62% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.47 123% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 34.7 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 45.9 SC Mixed 33.2 97% 34.1 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 107%

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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	2,226x
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