Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '18 at 15:40
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 247 92% 161 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 768 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.6 95% 110 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,888 Write 1,368 Mixed 640 286% 1,299 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 52.6 226% 89.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,048 DQ Write 1,194 DQ Mixed 768 676% 1,003 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 84GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 224 217 223 221 221 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 393 Write 276 Mixed 280 SusWrite 220 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 38.1 162% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 257 199% 272 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 95%
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 35GB free Firmware: DC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 133 130 163 164 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 322 Write 208 Mixed 227 SusWrite 154 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 35.1 153% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 136 131% 208 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 82%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 82GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 406 403 403 404 405 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 446 Write 256 Mixed 320 SusWrite 404 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 27.9 110% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 158 128% 187 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 34.1 111% 38.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 44.3 SC Mixed 31.5 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 111%

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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