Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	129% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '19 at 14:38
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 782 75% 621 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.9% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 88.4 Parallax 78 67% 82.7 fps	MRender 82 Gravity 76.3 Splatting 69.7 62% 76 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 712GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 473 478 487 483 481 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 485 Mixed 454 SusWrite 477 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 59.1 204% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 801GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 117 116 118 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 116 72% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 834GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 120 119 119 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 119 Write 113 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 119 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 68%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 25GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 34 13 14 14 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	25.9% Poor	Read 98.7 Write 32.5 Mixed 53 SusWrite 25.3 61% 52.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 99% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 38%
Seagate FreeAgent Go 250GB 667 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 45GB free, PID 2100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 37 37 36 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 36 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 36.4 45% 33.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 66% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF2X04HEEE35-12-K 2x8GB 937 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 24.6 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 79%

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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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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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