Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '18 at 02:48
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 135 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 720 70% 577 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6678) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 150 Parallax 127 117% 140 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 127 Splatting 113 93% 114 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 19GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 237 248 263 161 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 467 Write 242 Mixed 219 SusWrite 210 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 25.4 100% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 70.1 DQ Mixed 112 100% 159 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 76%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 71GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 322 254 222 212 217 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 372 Write 392 Mixed 334 SusWrite 267 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 49.5 161% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 248 187% 252 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 134%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 128GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 52 52 53 52 53 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 53.8 Write 54.7 Mixed 38.7 SusWrite 52 37% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 35%
WD Black2 2.5" 1.120 TB (2013) 1,513 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 950GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 116 104 117 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 112 Write 116 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 112 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 41.2 MC Write 45.2 MC Mixed 35.8 116% 40.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 46.8 SC Mixed 31.6 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 115%

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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	2,228x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	392x
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 $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $646

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16