Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics78.8% 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 Drive55% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180111
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 13 '18 at 04:33
Run Duration152 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
90.1% Outstanding
Memory 94.4
1-Core 126
2-Core 252
89% 157 Pts
4-Core 499
8-Core 480
66% 489 Pts
64-Core 496
31% 496 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 90.1%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing below potential (50th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
78.8% Very good
Lighting 112
Reflection 66.3
Parallax 50.1
91% 76.2 fps
MRender 76.4
Gravity 53.5
Splatting 69.8
55% 66.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 75 85 81 86 79 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
55% Above average
Read 150
Write 108
Mixed 122
SusWrite 81.4
26% 116 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 89.5
4K Mixed 29.3
128% 49.1 MB/s
DQ Read 124
DQ Write 116
DQ Mixed 100
80% 113 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 55%
Great: 61%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
465GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1736 958 611 609 609 610 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
295% Outstanding
Read 2,420
Write 2,181
Mixed 1,270
SusWrite 855
375% 1,682 MB/s
4K Read 66.2
4K Write 157
4K Mixed 84.9
292% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 1651
DQ Write 858
DQ Mixed 1,158
886% 1,222 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 295%
Great: 340%
Transcend TS480GSSD220S 480GB
22GB free
Firmware: P0624AA
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 491
Write 407
Mixed 365
94% 421 MB/s
4K Read 32.6
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 47.7
166% 61.5 MB/s
DQ Read 316
DQ Write 326
DQ Mixed 242
204% 295 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 95%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
94.3% Outstanding
MC Read 33.6
MC Write 36.5
MC Mixed 30.6
96% 33.6 GB/s
SC Read 20.2
SC Write 37.8
SC Mixed 27.4
81% 28.5 GB/s
Latency 58.7
68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 94.3%
Great: 97%

 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 3,610 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: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $655
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