Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	174% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '18 at 19:51
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 244 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 661 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 144 Parallax 139 149% 155 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 129 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 9,880 User benchmarks, average bench 307% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 702 863 872 899 897 898 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,049 Write 891 Mixed 651 SusWrite 855 193% 862 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 53.2 181% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 471 DQ Write 581 DQ Mixed 483 376% 512 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 541%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$146 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2TB free Firmware: SC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 142 144 144 145 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 144 Write 139 Mixed 66 SusWrite 143 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 100%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 7.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 185 189 182 178 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 194 Write 197 Mixed 121 SusWrite 185 235% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.2 214% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 4x8GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.4% Very good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.3 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 21.1 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 121%

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

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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	2,212x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	294x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	178x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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