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 (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	191% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '17 at 15:41
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 152 2-Core 303 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 594 79% 592 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,652 Write 847 Mixed 1,074 262% 1,191 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 44.7 217% 84.6 MB/s	DQ Read 51.6 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 172 136% 180 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 243%
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 151GB free Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 15293186 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -101189429481214 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 861 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 238 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 54 34363277347 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15293186 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15293186 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15293186 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 25769803777 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8591 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8415 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8415 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10581	83.1% Excellent	Read 481 Write 259 Mixed 269 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 14.4 131% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 70.5 102% 188 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 89%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 79GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3866 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2928 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 34084 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 940 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2784 (C2) HDA temperature 114 103 29 (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	56% Above average	Read 102 Write 93.5 Mixed 51.8 61% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 30,689 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 37.4 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 42.7 SC Mixed 32.8 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 118%

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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	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 $184	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