Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (20%). 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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '19 at 13:39
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 241 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 417 54% 405 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 170 Parallax 165 148% 172 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 148 Splatting 0.13 79% 111 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GB 3,847 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 219 129 37 97 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 444 Write 335 Mixed 236 SusWrite 133 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 29.4 129% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 213 189% 286 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 106%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 13GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 321 Write 282 Mixed 79.3 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 17.2 4K Mixed 12.3 50% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32.7 DQ Write 18.5 DQ Mixed 19.3 16% 23.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% Great: 56%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 60GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 58 60 60 60 60 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 86.3 Write 52.3 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 58.9 46% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 59%
WD Blue 2.5" 250GB (2010)-$33 2,800 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 206GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 72 73 73 73 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 68.3 Write 71.5 Mixed 48 SusWrite 72.5 48% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 41%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2.5TB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 139 151 160 140 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 127 Write 95 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 142 70% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.6 192% 2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 88%
STECH Simple Drive 500GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 463GB free, PID ce03 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 41.5 Write 40.7 Mixed 30.7 SusWrite 41.6 52% 38.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 101% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 21%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 14GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.5 8.1 8.4 9.4 8.8 8.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	8.41% Terrible	Read 26.8 Write 10.5 Mixed 14.7 SusWrite 8.5 18% 15.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1.7 93% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.41% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.6% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 23.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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: 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 $40	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