Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.42% 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	64.5% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '16 at 23:08
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 237 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 726 71% 583 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4542 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.42% Terrible	Lighting 7.83 Reflection 11 Parallax 7.53 6% 8.8 fps	MRender 9.86 Gravity 6.63 Splatting 16.2 9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.42% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3460 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 492 (A5) Unknown 100 100 77334970616 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 19 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 38 163209936922 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1176837816594 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2011 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4891 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3916 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4874 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.5% Good	Read 478 Write 248 Mixed 247 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 10.8 88% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 33.1 50% 88.1 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 108%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8797 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 150325100578 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 5 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 559 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	92.7% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 157 Mixed 99.8 105% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 40091024 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 976 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 55 55 111679245527 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3528 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 470 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 4295033183 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 4917166117 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6029 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 -140737488355291 (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 104178726735291 (F1) Unknown 100 253 70257563112499 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12398433747502	61% Good	Read 116 Write 96.3 Mixed 99.1 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.22 71% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 467GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198447608 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1687 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 49 48 1262741942536 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9274 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1531 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 38655295497 (BD) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 4883480608 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7084 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 -140737488355296 (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 -36468567301614 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19125864113 (F2) Unknown 100 253 48014399555	43.5% Average	Read 79 Write 73 Mixed 66.2 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.1 32% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 96%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 277GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8702 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 477 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 3809 (0A) Spinup retry count 109 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 477 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 531 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 223339479077 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 91 91 3755 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 209 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	61% Good	Read 110 Write 102 Mixed 67.7 69% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.23 61% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 110%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 147 Write 142 Mixed 87.9 155% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.37 84% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.8 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 20.7 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 95%

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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	2,213x
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	482x
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 $133	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