Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	320% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '18 at 01:29
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 97.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 732 71% 583 Pts	64-Core 720 45% 720 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2183); RTX 2080 XC ULTRA GAMING, 08G-P4-2183-KR 8GB GDDR6 CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 157 Parallax 168 135% 164 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 144 Splatting 110 115% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 288GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1513 1136 605 607 608 608 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 2542 Write 2,305 Mixed 1,477 SusWrite 846 400% 1,793 MB/s	4K Read 68.5 4K Write 201 4K Mixed 99.3 337% 123 MB/s	DQ Read 1,462 DQ Write 1,307 DQ Mixed 1,354 1,024% 1,374 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 377GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 495 495 495 495 495 495 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 494 Mixed 416 SusWrite 495 107% 476 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 68.1 234% 85 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 131%
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 214GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 472 472 473 473 473 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 472 Mixed 330 SusWrite 472 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 48.5 180% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 238 213% 323 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB-$82 1,785 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 43.4 MC Mixed 31.4 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 44.9 SC Mixed 33.2 96% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 46.4 86% 46.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 123%

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

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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	2,220x
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