Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	97.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '19 at 00:19
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 125 2-Core 251 85% 188 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 489 64% 480 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 57% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% MSI(1462 3680) CLim: 1663 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 91.4 Parallax 165 99% 126 fps	MRender 88.8 Gravity 121 Splatting 130 95% 113 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,747 Write 806 Mixed 534 224% 1,029 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 55.2 210% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,093 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 373 352% 573 MB/s
Poor: 131% Great: 243%
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 256GB 2,869 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 190GB free Firmware: DXM01D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 434 423 426 427 421 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 432 Write 407 Mixed 314 SusWrite 415 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 42.6 154% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 146 161% 273 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 38GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 387 383 387 387 385 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 439 Write 166 Mixed 264 SusWrite 374 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 26.2 103% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 155 126% 185 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 86%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 512GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 472 470 473 475 467 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 431 Mixed 414 SusWrite 453 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 63.7 208% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 213GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 88 88 88 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 92.8 Write 74.2 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 87.6 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 76%

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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	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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	198x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	178x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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 $275	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) $35	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

Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

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