Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.7% 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	74.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '19 at 13:37
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 103 2-Core 252 79% 146 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 434 58% 435 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.7% Very good	Lighting 99 Reflection 103 Parallax 105 81% 102 fps	MRender 86.9 Gravity 91.2 Splatting 77.1 69% 85.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$110 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 781GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 149 174 195 196 197 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 342 Write 336 Mixed 310 SusWrite 176 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 40.7 143% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 41.1 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 104 84% 114 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$81 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 109GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 150 175 195 196 197 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 306 Write 330 Mixed 306 SusWrite 177 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 35.7 110% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 135 132% 211 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 170GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 97 97 97 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 108 Write 97.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 96.7 67% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.9% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17.8 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 9.1 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,242x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	477x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	299x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	488x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	395x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $81Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	119x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	126x
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: 76% - Very good

Total price: $768

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16