Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	79.2% 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	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '16 at 21:58
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 (95^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 729 71% 582 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th 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 1483 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1357 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 114112 (A5) Unknown 100 100 179 (A6) Unknown 100 100 65 (A7) Unknown 100 100 112 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 197 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 28478 (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 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 242375 (F2) Unknown 100 100 119900 (F5) Unknown 100 100 456448	79.2% Very good	Read 497 Write 161 Mixed 245 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 30.9 135% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 57.4 81% 151 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 90%
Liteon LCH-128V2S 128GB 933 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 71GB free Firmware: FC7020A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th 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 100 100 185 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2138 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 34 (AE) Unknown 100 100 136 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 34 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 137 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 136 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 98493 (F1) Unknown 100 100 91513 (F2) Unknown 100 100 180098	64.4% Good	Read 371 Write 147 Mixed 210 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 23.8 108% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 60.9 78% 142 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 84%
Gamer 240MG100-B1 240GB 252 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 32GB free Firmware: 1.00 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 4997 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1190 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1953 (A9) Unknown 100 100 458756 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 196 196 4298375181 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2057 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 152 (C2) HDA temperature 60 60 257700003880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 232893673216 (EA) Unknown 100 100 272547160576 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2858320065 (F2) Unknown 100 100 24093615983	109% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 423 Mixed 463 103% 460 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 35.9 164% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 43.8 107% 225 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 152GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2420 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2197 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 412 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2007 (C2) HDA temperature 108 98 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 (F0) Head flying hours 87 87 9849 (F1) Unknown 200 200 23261482242 (F2) Unknown 200 200 13151064463	67.7% Good	Read 119 Write 117 Mixed 132 93% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.23 94% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 28.5 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 27.7 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 110%

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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	2,226x
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 $67Bench 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: 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 $40	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