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 as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	69.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '17 at 20:50
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 134 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 733 72% 590 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 447GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5975 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1704 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7143502 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 350 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 92 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 62 266289283099 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 94489280534 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 117 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1623 (F1) Unknown 253 253 968 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1243 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.9% Very good	Read 485 Write 346 Mixed 339 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 20.2 90% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 43 95% 200 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 294GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6509 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1887 (A5) Unknown 100 100 167539769791 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 39 (A8) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 110 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 41 176094969882 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2250566795788 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1429 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9094 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6865 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2909 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	69.9% Good	Read 476 Write 323 Mixed 336 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 15.3 98% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 90.6 DQ Mixed 12.7 23% 43.6 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 226GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11315 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3194 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 74 47 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 612 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4815961946	70.1% Very good	Read 394 Write 296 Mixed 251 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 16.2 111% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 36.9 45% 73.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 89%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 165GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^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 6130 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2964 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 283 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 53 201864708122 (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 60 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5687653730 (F7) Unknown 100 100 178311895 (F8) Unknown 100 100 66182289	104% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 465 Mixed 466 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 35.1 148% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 43.7 88% 171 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: 04.05G09 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 196 196 7950 (03) Spinup time 253 140 2025 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2945 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 4 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9663 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2913 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 386 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2558 (C2) HDA temperature 122 109 30 (C4) Reallocation count 197 197 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	36.6% Below average	Read 72.5 Write 54.8 Mixed 91.3 56% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.27 80% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 61%

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 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 34.9 111% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 45.7 SC Mixed 34.8 98% 34.3 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 109% 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 $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 $76Bench 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