Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83% 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	190% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 01:27
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (50^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)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 716 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 111 86% 110 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 88 76% 94 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 507 504 537 544 530 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1,652 Write 816 Mixed 565 SusWrite 502 195% 884 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 49.5 210% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,092 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 376 352% 572 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 170GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 291 294 294 292 294 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 342 Write 356 Mixed 295 SusWrite 280 72% 318 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 52.9 178% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 249 188% 252 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 271GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 103 104 104 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 164 Write 146 Mixed 91 SusWrite 103 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3400 C16 4x8GB 430 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.3% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 25.5 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 132%

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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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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $242Bench 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