Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	204% 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '17 at 23:53
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 200 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 302 38% 287 Pts	64-Core 322 20% 322 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Sapphire(174B E324) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 65 Parallax 99.2 63% 80.5 fps	MRender 64.5 Gravity 62.1 Splatting 81.8 58% 69.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 2,396 Write 492 Mixed 739 260% 1,209 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 33.1 199% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 519 DQ Write 394 DQ Mixed 154 197% 356 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 254%
WDC WD20 EARS-00MVWB0 2TB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 682GB free, PID 2336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 37.6 Write 37.8 Mixed 19.8 39% 31.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.18 73% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 20%
JetFlash Transcend 32GB 11,405 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 20GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 38 Write 35.8 Mixed 37 47% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.27 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.79 77% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 04EF Team-Elite-2400 16GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 83%

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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 $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 $109Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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