Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics80.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive76.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory14.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170306
Uptime1.9 Days
Run DateAug 11 '18 at 08:50
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
84% Excellent
Memory 87.3
1-Core 86.7
2-Core 246
77% 140 Pts
4-Core 435
8-Core 686
69% 560 Pts
64-Core 693
43% 693 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80.5% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 112
Parallax 105
82% 106 fps
MRender 94.7
Gravity 91.1
Splatting 97.8
78% 94.5 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKKW240H6 240GB
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LSF036C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 125 106 89 93 107 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
76.8% Very good
Read 461
Write 435
Mixed 398
SusWrite 124
79% 355 MB/s
4K Read 29.3
4K Write 93.4
4K Mixed 42.6
148% 55.1 MB/s
DQ Read 30.2
DQ Write 175
DQ Mixed 44.4
51% 83.1 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 76.8%
Great: 89%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
133GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 97 111 110 105 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
65.6% Good
Read 127
Write 106
Mixed 76.7
SusWrite 101
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.1
210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 65.6%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3200 04CD F4-3200C16-8GVR 04CD F4-3200C16-8GVR 24GB
2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
55.4% Above average
MC Read 19.5
MC Write 20.7
MC Mixed 17.1
55% 19.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 19.1
SC Mixed 17.6
49% 17 GB/s
Latency 70.2
57% 70.2 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,624 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 - $191

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $655
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