Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics129% 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 Drive86.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
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MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170306
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 28 '18 at 11:11
Run Duration167 Seconds
Run User SVN-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i3-7100-$41
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
71.8% Very good
Memory 93.9
1-Core 124
2-Core 229
85% 149 Pts
4-Core 280
8-Core 341
40% 310 Pts
64-Core 338
21% 338 Pts
Poor: 33%
This bench: 71.8%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2956 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
129% Outstanding
Lighting 177
Reflection 201
Parallax 198
145% 192 fps
MRender 133
Gravity 179
Splatting 129
119% 147 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 129%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GB
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFA12.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 95 97 97 99 99 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
86.8% Excellent
Read 469
Write 392
Mixed 350
SusWrite 131
75% 335 MB/s
4K Read 38.3
4K Write 90.6
4K Mixed 38.3
155% 55.7 MB/s
DQ Read 251
DQ Write 328
DQ Mixed 204
178% 261 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 86.8%
Great: 90%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
464GB free
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1117 1309 595 594 593 593 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
230% Outstanding
Read 1,503
Write 1,413
Mixed 760
SusWrite 800
250% 1,119 MB/s
4K Read 55.3
4K Write 164
4K Mixed 61.7
250% 93.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,123
DQ Write 918
DQ Mixed 815
666% 952 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 230%
Great: 254%
JetFlash Transcend 32GB
18GB free, PID 1000
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 22 23 22 27 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
25.2% Poor
Read 112
Write 22.8
Mixed 43.4
SusWrite 23.8
55% 50.4 MB/s
4K Read 4.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 1.8
108% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 5%
This bench: 25.2%
Great: 58%
WDC WD20 EARS-00MVWB0 2TB
578GB free, PID 2336
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 39 40 39 39 38 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
19.8% Very poor
Read 35.5
Write 36.1
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 38.3
47% 34.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
95% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 8%
This bench: 19.8%
Great: 20%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 04EF Team-Elite-2400 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
74% Very good
MC Read 26.1
MC Write 27.7
MC Mixed 23.5
74% 25.8 GB/s
SC Read 17.4
SC Write 27.5
SC Mixed 24.2
66% 23 GB/s
Latency 60
67% 60 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 74%
Great: 83%

 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 3,632 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: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $636
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