Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	124% 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). 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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '19 at 00:23
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 567 70% 537 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 8618) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.8% Above average	Lighting 73.6 Reflection 74.5 Parallax 63.9 60% 70.7 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 68.7 Splatting 70.3 57% 68.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 458 325 282 284 285 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 466 Mixed 445 SusWrite 344 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 61.7 215% 77.7 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 363 273% 366 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 128%
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 87GB free Firmware: Q0125A SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 47 45 43 50 48 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 478 Write 420 Mixed 398 SusWrite 62.9 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 45.3 159% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 67.1 87% 150 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 158GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 83 86 86 91 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 118 Write 138 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 85.7 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 237GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 99 100 100 97 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 114 Write 106 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 98.1 62% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 107%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 1.5TB 1,258 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 118 124 128 129 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 93.5 Write 115 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 122 72% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.7 206% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 2x8GB 17,908 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 26.8 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 23 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 95%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 - $191

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	178x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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