Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.18% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	166% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '17 at 16:04
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 757 80% 642 Pts	64-Core 757 47% 757 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4664 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.18% Terrible	Lighting 7.97 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 7.84 6% 8.69 fps	MRender 5.24 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 16.3 8% 9.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.18% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,205 Write 794 Mixed 1,065 227% 1,021 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 46.3 205% 81.5 MB/s	DQ Read 40.6 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 157 126% 168 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 243%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 42GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3346 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 725 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 51 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 626 (EB) Unknown 99 99 194 (F1) Unknown 99 99 777456950	62.8% Good	Read 352 Write 191 Mixed 183 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 22 102% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 99 DQ Mixed 62 69% 120 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 114%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 643GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 191 Mixed 141 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 3.26 4K Mixed 0.69 165% 1.54 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$234 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 10 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 10.3 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 117%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $182	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