Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	181% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	22 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '18 at 02:37
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 (79^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 94 2-Core 215 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 685 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 152 Parallax 131 117% 142 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 135 Splatting 110 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 552 466 448 448 458 376 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1596 Write 485 Mixed 691 SusWrite 458 177% 807 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 50.9 203% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 920 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 491 392% 567 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 441GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 452 417 239 234 221 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 480 Mixed 440 SusWrite 328 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 49.7 172% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 351 250% 320 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 9TB 212 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 20 19 18 17 17 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 256 Write 21.3 Mixed 10.3 SusWrite 17.6 55% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 67% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 209%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 4x8GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 24 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 121%

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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	2,220x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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