Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 34.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	29.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (96%). 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	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '19 at 13:11
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	96%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 below expectations (1^st percentile)	34.9% Below average	Memory 57 1-Core 31.1 2-Core 67.8 34% 52 Pts	4-Core 76.9 8-Core 74.7 10% 75.8 Pts	64-Core 63.5 4% 63.5 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Lighting 94.8 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 64.7 77% 77.2 fps	MRender 46.3 Gravity 33.9 Splatting 34.7 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 161 149 124 110 101 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	29.8% Poor	Read 192 Write 177 Mixed 75.4 SusWrite 133 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 13.5 4K Mixed 5.6 21% 7.8 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 44.2 DQ Mixed 70.2 77% 138 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 236%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 69GB free Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 70 67 75 70 63 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	18.6% Very poor	Read 62.7 Write 80.1 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 68.5 16% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 8.2 4K Mixed 4.9 15% 5.43 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 80.3 DQ Mixed 81.6 81% 134 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 846GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 52 58 56 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 72.8 Write 75 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 54.1 46% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.4 91% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 107%
ORICO H/ W RAID5 9TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 5TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 19 20 19 20 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Read 38 Write 18.1 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 19.5 33% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 15% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x16GB-$70 6,515 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	25.2% Poor	MC Read 5.9 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.5 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 7.6 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 137 29% 137 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 85%

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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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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