Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	100% 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	302% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '19 at 17:43
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 767 79% 638 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.6% 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 5678) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 137 Parallax 130 106% 132 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 126 Splatting 106 90% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1770 949 610 602 608 609 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2398 Write 2,122 Mixed 1,432 SusWrite 858 380% 1,703 MB/s	4K Read 67 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 90.4 304% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,512 DQ Write 1,151 DQ Mixed 1,291 977% 1,318 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 340%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 53GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 119 118 117 118 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 441 Write 139 Mixed 203 SusWrite 119 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 36.9 148% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 140 118% 175 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 468GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 174 175 174 175 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 120 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 173 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 79%

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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	2,233x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	475x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	484x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	394x
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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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: $643

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16