Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.4% 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 Drive	260% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 08:58
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 146 2-Core 289 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 774 77% 627 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 116 Parallax 99.2 90% 108 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1056 511 306 307 308 304 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,340 Write 1,464 Mixed 978 SusWrite 466 290% 1,312 MB/s	4K Read 63.4 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 86.5 300% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 980 DQ Write 1053 DQ Mixed 1,007 760% 1,013 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 161GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,209 Write 9018 Mixed 1,607 1,388% 6,278 MB/s	4K Read 816 4K Write 329 4K Mixed 436 1,969% 527 MB/s	DQ Read 1,962 DQ Write 1,182 DQ Mixed 1,307 1,045% 1,484 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 985GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 82 84 82 80 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 162 Write 149 Mixed 99.8 SusWrite 80.8 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 100%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 213GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 83 83 83 83 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 35.5 Write 51.2 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 82.5 37% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 69% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 177 178 179 177 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 145 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 178 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 114%
External USB 3.0 4TB 138 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 76 77 77 76 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 73.7 Write 72.2 Mixed 64 SusWrite 76.2 53% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 30.2 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 41.1 SC Mixed 31.1 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 105%

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

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Gaming 69%

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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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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