Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics99.8% 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 Drive302% 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)
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime3 Days
Run DateMar 23 '19 at 17:11
Run Duration202 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing way above expectations (94th 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 (98th percentile)
91.1% Outstanding
Memory 92.5
1-Core 136
2-Core 265
92% 164 Pts
4-Core 483
8-Core 751
76% 617 Pts
64-Core 756
47% 756 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 91.1%
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: 419.35
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
99.8% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 137
Parallax 128
105% 131 fps
MRender 96.1
Gravity 125
Splatting 105
89% 109 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 99.8%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
209GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 812 655 655 646 643 647 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
302% Outstanding
Read 2,568
Write 2,344
Mixed 1,345
SusWrite 676
386% 1,733 MB/s
4K Read 69.1
4K Write 167
4K Mixed 94
314% 110 MB/s
DQ Read 1,533
DQ Write 1,198
DQ Mixed 1,308
994% 1,346 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 302%
Great: 340%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75
71GB free
Firmware: MU05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 139 139 139 139 139 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
79.1% Very good
Read 440
Write 138
Mixed 202
SusWrite 139
51% 230 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 36.8
145% 57.2 MB/s
DQ Read 255
DQ Write 139
DQ Mixed 158
128% 184 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
879GB free
Firmware: CC4B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 203 203 204 203 204 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
117% Outstanding
Read 206
Write 138
Mixed 85
SusWrite 203
115% 158 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1
180% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 117%
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 @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
82.1% Excellent
MC Read 30.2
MC Write 31.1
MC Mixed 25.3
82% 28.9 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 33
SC Mixed 25.8
74% 25.9 GB/s
Latency 63.2
63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 82.1%
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 3,624 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: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $641
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