Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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 Drive	339% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '18 at 03:43
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 463 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 142 Parallax 137 110% 138 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 129 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apple TS128C 121GB 532 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 28GB free Firmware: CJAA0201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 164 163 128 151 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 204 Write 188 Mixed 119 SusWrite 159 38% 167 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 24 84% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 20.6 DQ Write 71.3 DQ Mixed 32.1 29% 41.3 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 49%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 131GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 57 56 60 60 61 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 237GB free Firmware: DXM04B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 372 400 410 431 431 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 461 Mixed 312 SusWrite 400 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 45 163% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 97.2 141% 265 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 116%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 743GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1278 2308 1486 1133 1134 1151 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	339% Outstanding	Read 2,462 Write 2,310 Mixed 1,532 SusWrite 1,415 432% 1,930 MB/s	4K Read 64.5 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 88 286% 98 MB/s	DQ Read 1,665 DQ Write 1,276 DQ Mixed 1,385 1,059% 1,442 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 339% Great: 372%
WD My Passport 07B8 1TB 297 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 860GB free, PID 07b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 115 115 115 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 104 Write 108 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 115 132% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 24 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.4 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 110%

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

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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	2,220x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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