Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 100%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics99.5% 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 Drive319% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime12.5 Days
Run DateFeb 08 '19 at 20:00
Run Duration204 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
92.8% Outstanding
Memory 92.3
1-Core 140
2-Core 281
94% 171 Pts
4-Core 502
8-Core 762
78% 632 Pts
64-Core 765
47% 765 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 92.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
EVGA(3842 5678) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
99.5% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 138
Parallax 116
105% 127 fps
MRender 95
Gravity 126
Splatting 104
89% 108 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 99.5%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
377GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2203 650 607 608 607 610 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
319% Outstanding
Read 2590
Write 2,290
Mixed 1,223
SusWrite 881
389% 1,746 MB/s
4K Read 71
4K Write 174
4K Mixed 96.8
324% 114 MB/s
DQ Read 1,539
DQ Write 1,187
DQ Mixed 1,302
991% 1,343 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 319%
Great: 340%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75
77GB free
Firmware: MU05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 139 139 139 139 139 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
79.3% Very good
Read 422
Write 140
Mixed 201
SusWrite 139
50% 225 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 36.7
148% 58.7 MB/s
DQ Read 261
DQ Write 139
DQ Mixed 161
130% 187 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 79.3%
Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
420GB free
Firmware: CC4B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 168 169 168 169 168 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 201
Write 140
Mixed 67.8
SusWrite 168
105% 144 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 1
185% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 106%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
76.6% Very good
MC Read 27.9
MC Write 28.9
MC Mixed 23.7
77% 26.8 GB/s
SC Read 17.5
SC Write 30
SC Mixed 24.4
68% 24 GB/s
Latency 63.5
63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 76.6%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,612 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $655
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