Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	197% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	54.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '16 at 00:41
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 465 58% 441 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 04A0) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 57.9 Parallax 115 68% 85.3 fps	MRender 58.7 Gravity 90.6 Splatting 75.4 62% 74.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7WD960HMHP-000AZ 960GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 696GB free Firmware: DXV8DW3Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1439 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 86 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 7040 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 80 (F1) Unknown 99 99 460270239	97.7% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 434 Mixed 464 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 23.3 124% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 134 150% 256 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 98%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,662 Write 822 Mixed 1,073 261% 1,186 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 31.4 207% 83.8 MB/s	DQ Read 566 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 31.2 135% 308 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 243%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$139 14,506 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.3% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 25.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21.7 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 135%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $241Bench 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 $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 $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