Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.2% 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 Drive	261% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '18 at 18:15
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 141 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 566 76% 566 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1594 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 118 Parallax 106 90% 111 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 100 Splatting 83.5 76% 93.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 638GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1262 1210 1224 1173 1175 1175 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 1,464 Write 1,519 Mixed 709 SusWrite 1,203 275% 1,224 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 54.9 209% 88 MB/s	DQ Read 1,534 DQ Write 1,403 DQ Mixed 1,238 992% 1,392 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 288GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 446 461 436 437 437 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 457 Mixed 385 SusWrite 441 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 59.7 204% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 80GB free Firmware: R211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 120 121 121 119 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 386 Write 132 Mixed 177 SusWrite 121 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 35.6 129% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 124 103% 151 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 81%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 134 133 134 134 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 124 Write 115 Mixed 80 SusWrite 132 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 33.7 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 41.8 SC Mixed 30.2 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%

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Gaming 69%

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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	2,224x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $90Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $636

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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