Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.4% 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	71.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). 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	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '19 at 14:25
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$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 (97^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.1 1-Core 103 2-Core 267 84% 154 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 726 76% 607 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 90%

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: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 119 Parallax 106 94% 113 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 104 Splatting 90.7 78% 95.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 516GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 173 196 189 197 179 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 371 Write 366 Mixed 142 SusWrite 210 61% 272 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 29.4 97% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 131 144% 248 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 107%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 219GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 429 429 421 424 441 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 403 Write 393 Mixed 288 SusWrite 434 86% 379 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 28.6 105% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 68.5 131% 262 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 111%
WD WD6400AACS-00G8B1 640GB 9,045 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 261GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 67 66 66 68 64 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 75.5 Write 80.2 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 65.9 51% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 49%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 198GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 79 84 85 95 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 99.7 Write 101 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 84.9 115% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.8 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 119%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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	199x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
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 $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) $30	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