Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.7% 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	130% 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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '18 at 22:42
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 748 79% 630 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 120 Parallax 112 91% 115 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 105 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$53 30,265 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 535 260 255 263 260 263 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 718 Write 820 Mixed 745 SusWrite 306 146% 647 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 46.1 167% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 692 DQ Write 712 DQ Mixed 582 470% 662 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 141%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 94GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 144 130 132 143 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 317 Write 215 Mixed 244 SusWrite 139 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 29 119% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 78.4 89% 151 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 155GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 136 138 137 136 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 149 Write 126 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 137 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 819GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 98 97 95 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 106 Write 97.2 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 95.6 65% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3333 C16 2x8GB 7,608 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 29.1 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 33 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% 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	2,220x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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