Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.9% 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 Drive	211% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '19 at 09:32
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (44^th 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 96.4 2-Core 192 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 766 68% 578 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 150 Parallax 127 87% 128 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 122 Splatting 108 90% 110 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 624 322 306 302 319 314 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 2,096 Write 1,391 Mixed 1,117 SusWrite 364 275% 1,242 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 58.5 182% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 1,162 DQ Mixed 1012 779% 1,050 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 280%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 536GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 130 126 118 129 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 38.2 Write 66.7 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 123 48% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 184%
Lexar JumpDrive 64GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 60GB free, PID 0700 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 42 40 40 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 41.2 Write 37.5 Mixed 34 SusWrite 39.7 52% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0 28% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 45.7 MC Mixed 36 118% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 28.1 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 115%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	482x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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