Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	134% 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	256% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '18 at 23:34
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 704 68% 558 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 205 Parallax 202 154% 199 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 184 Splatting 129 119% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 285GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5201 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1005 (A5) Unknown 100 100 15139009 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 552 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 125 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 67 287763529758 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 236228771925 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3024 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3966 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3659 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6288 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	66.7% Good	Read 318 Write 277 Mixed 240 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 16.9 95% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 45.5 78% 155 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 108%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,552 Write 1,153 Mixed 1,359 370% 1,688 MB/s	4K Read 59.9 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 44.4 220% 80.3 MB/s	DQ Read 509 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 173 195% 336 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB-$227 628 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 26.9 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 24.6 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $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 $40	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