Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	35.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	221% 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

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '18 at 19:26
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 287 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 715 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.2% Below average	Lighting 39.8 Reflection 45.9 Parallax 37.3 32% 41 fps	MRender 57.2 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 51.7 41% 49.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 92GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 205 208 208 210 210 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 350 Write 377 Mixed 332 SusWrite 208 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 54.6 176% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 239 180% 242 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 41GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 204 208 208 207 207 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 351 Write 373 Mixed 331 SusWrite 207 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 54.4 177% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 246 186% 251 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 124%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 668 586 590 585 592 595 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,961 Write 875 Mixed 654 SusWrite 603 225% 1,023 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 198 4K Mixed 56 250% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,050 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 372 356% 580 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 243%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 395GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 409 402 405 407 404 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 436 Mixed 282 SusWrite 408 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 53.6 175% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 232 207% 313 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 17,029 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 32.8 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 42.8 SC Mixed 31 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%

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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 $133	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