Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	18.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '19 at 23:55
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 133 2-Core 208 84% 144 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 601 66% 520 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 116 Parallax 94.2 84% 105 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 103 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 687 Write 922 Mixed 574 163% 728 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 210 4K Mixed 50.1 238% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,365 DQ Write 947 DQ Mixed 1,002 790% 1,104 MB/s
Poor: 123% Great: 230%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 37GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 267 160 124 124 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 348 Write 352 Mixed 308 SusWrite 175 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 60.2 196% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 132 132% 214 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 134%
Sabrent ROCKET-PRO 1TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 952GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 313 323 318 320 322 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 353 Write 353 Mixed 329 SusWrite 315 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 28.1 89% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 144 104% 133 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 242%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 744GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 139 138 139 137 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 136 Write 97.3 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 136 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 113%
Seagate ST8000DM005-2EH1 8TB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: DN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 128 127 128 128 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 22% Great: 104%
Seagate BUP SL 4TB 1,990 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 490GB free Firmware: 0109 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 74 76 80 80 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 55.8 Write 77.8 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 77.7 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.4 139% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 84 84 83 83 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 57.5 Write 72.5 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 82.3 51% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.6 185% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB-$65 2,716 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 81%

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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	2,220x
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 $90Bench 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