Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.9% 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	139% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	55.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '18 at 06:29
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 223 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 534 56% 450 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 93.9 Reflection 106 Parallax 86.8 76% 95.5 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 133 Splatting 106 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 311 312 313 312 310 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 689 Write 624 Mixed 582 SusWrite 327 125% 556 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 56.2 198% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 765 DQ Write 593 DQ Mixed 668 503% 675 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 280%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 210GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 397 400 401 400 392 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 464 Mixed 388 SusWrite 395 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 45.7 160% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 284 233% 332 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 117%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 637GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 141 138 139 143 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 114 Write 116 Mixed 98 SusWrite 142 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.7 313% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 90%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 148 151 154 151 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 77.3 Write 118 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 150 67% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.7 331% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 156 153 158 157 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 128 Write 136 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 155 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.8 338% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 194 192 193 193 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 162 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 194 96% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$143 14,506 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.1% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24.9 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 25.7 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 135%

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

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,613 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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