Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


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.
Processor	With 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.2% 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	76.9% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '19 at 23:09
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

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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 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 above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 707 69% 567 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.6 89% 108 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 101 Splatting 98.7 82% 99.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7a SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 216 186 194 184 189 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 359 Write 265 Mixed 262 SusWrite 196 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 31.4 132% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 170 146% 215 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 90%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 137GB free Firmware: 0C3K87RA SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 128 94 88 92 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 427 Write 390 Mixed 55 SusWrite 139 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 38 135% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 107 130% 228 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 254GB free Firmware: MS2OA610 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 149 148 150 150 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 161 Write 169 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 149 93% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 114% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 99%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 151 152 152 151 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 132 Mixed 102 SusWrite 151 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 100%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 124 124 125 124 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 126 Write 122 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 125 147% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 123% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 34.2 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 45.4 SC Mixed 32.1 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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