Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	59.1% 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	103% 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	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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	22.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit barev, 2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '17 at 10:43
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 below expectations (7^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 72.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 212 74% 133 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 556 58% 465 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4474 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	3.94% Terrible	Lighting 2.5 Reflection 7.08 Parallax 6.25 2% 5.28 fps	MRender 6.14 Gravity 5.9 Splatting 13.9 8% 8.64 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.94% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.1% Above average	Lighting 74.8 Reflection 76 Parallax 70.9 61% 73.9 fps	MRender 69.7 Gravity 71 Splatting 63.8 55% 68.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 206409792 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2637 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 210527731029 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16495 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1879 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098501 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 58 53 723845162 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 969 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3088 (C2) HDA temperature 42 47 81604378666 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 89962384998278 (F1) Unknown 100 253 47772114689 (F2) Unknown 100 253 97223429955	16.4% Very poor	Read 185 Write 131 Mixed 115 32% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.34 3% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 127%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5215 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 488 (B1) Unknown 98 98 29 (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 56 52 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 41 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14559051362	103% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 401 Mixed 411 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 39.8 149% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 119 137% 238 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 4125 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1808 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14444 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1663 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 734 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1073 (C2) HDA temperature 115 93 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 7054 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	65.8% Good	Read 108 Write 121 Mixed 107 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.26 64% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 86%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 386GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 221 142 7916 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 763 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5080 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 484 (10) Unknown 3 197 63565212214 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 696 (C2) HDA temperature 108 100 44 (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	60.6% Good	Read 111 Write 99.6 Mixed 98.1 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.28 100% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 98%
WD WD4003FZEX-00Z4SA0 2TB 125GB free Firmware: CV22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 171442680 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1368 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33918302 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13467 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1330 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 3 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 408 (BE) vendor-specific 58 48 707133482 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 189 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1620 (C2) HDA temperature 42 52 73014444074 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5	69.6% Good	Read 131 Write 112 Mixed 78.9 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.48 4K Mixed 0.2 46% 0.35 MB/s

WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 91GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 234 147 7258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 785 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5209 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 488 (10) Unknown 3 197 59342289835 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 722 (C2) HDA temperature 108 101 44 (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	76.3% Very good	Read 146 Write 120 Mixed 135 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.21 96% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 98%
Seagate ST4000VN0001-1SF178 4TB 284 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 12GB free Firmware: AN02 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 78 63 64385616 (03) Spinup time 95 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 863 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 125259159 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6148 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 588 (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 58 45 757530666 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6138 (C2) HDA temperature 42 55 81604378666 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 12 64385616 (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 -98135707742080 (F1) Unknown 100 253 49161799733 (F2) Unknown 100 253 92711241683	75.2% Very good	Read 160 Write 102 Mixed 107 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.22 102% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 4x8GB 829 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 95.9 42% 95.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 111%

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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	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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	198x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	178x
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) $35	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