Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	254% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 23:01
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 257 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 704 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3609) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 185 Parallax 184 139% 180 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 165 Splatting 118 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 336GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 871 608 701 700 703 693 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 1886 Write 1,565 Mixed 1,639 SusWrite 713 325% 1,451 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 68.2 258% 99.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1389 DQ Write 1,160 DQ Mixed 1,225 931% 1258 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 284%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 58GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 292 291 295 295 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 471 Mixed 361 SusWrite 302 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 65.4 218% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 391GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 463 465 475 468 471 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 449 Mixed 402 SusWrite 467 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 67.2 228% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 134%
WD Green 480GB (2018)-$69 25,452 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 390GB free Firmware: UG450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 62 26 152 192 280 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 430 Write 339 Mixed 326 SusWrite 148 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 41 4K Mixed 17.7 67% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 93.7 DQ Mixed 42.2 49% 84.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 60%
Hitachi HCS5C2020ALA632 2TB 1,802 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 874GB free Firmware: ML6OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 103 106 106 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 130 Write 130 Mixed 68 SusWrite 105 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB-$227 628 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 27.1 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 26.4 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%

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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 $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 $45Bench 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 $45	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