Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 18:18
Run Duration	1016 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 570 76% 568 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66% Good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 59.2 Parallax 118 68% 86.8 fps	MRender 59.4 Gravity 91.5 Splatting 76 62% 75.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18845 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 292 (B1) Unknown 98 98 42 (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 67 49 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 48 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12176294946	93.5% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 417 Mixed 422 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 22.4 141% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 75.8 DQ Mixed 22.3 49% 105 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 869GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 212524008 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 78 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 65949359 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2206 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 62 54 656801830 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2513 (C2) HDA temperature 38 46 55834574886 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -16814796961689 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3193611900 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13357897576	95.3% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 158 Mixed 134 116% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.23 69% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 402GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214004096 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 272 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 68562862 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18692 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 261 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 524296 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 52 639959078 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 251991 (C2) HDA temperature 38 48 55834574886 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 113550345380199 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30679600832 (F2) Unknown 100 253 133609568649	59.8% Above average	Read 103 Write 105 Mixed 97.1 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.55 4K Mixed 0.28 73% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 113%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 25GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 176 5941 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2405 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37270 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1242 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 147 147 161866 (C2) HDA temperature 115 96 35 (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	57.1% Above average	Read 99.1 Write 100 Mixed 103 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 49% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 83%
Generic USB SD Reader 2GB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 1% 1GB free, PID 9360 Operating at USB 1.1 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	0.8% Terrible	Read 1.14 Write 1.06 Mixed 1.1 1% 1.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.06 8% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.8% Great: 2%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 28.7 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 25.7 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 86%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

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 $182	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) $30	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