Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	227% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '19 at 19:34
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 241 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 702 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% 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: 431.36 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 193 Parallax 190 139% 185 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 179 Splatting 122 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 247GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 822 747 756 721 748 724 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1,966 Write 1,103 Mixed 724 SusWrite 753 251% 1,136 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 62.4 226% 82.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,138 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 437 398% 633 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 283%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 126GB free Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1435 1403 996 874 835 785 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,062 Write 1,410 Mixed 885 SusWrite 1,055 301% 1,353 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 62.6 237% 89.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,196 DQ Write 403 DQ Mixed 448 423% 682 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 283%
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 39GB free Firmware: R0427AC SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 255 256 258 257 259 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 367 Write 378 Mixed 343 SusWrite 256 76% 336 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 46.1 153% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 210 162% 221 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 118%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 104GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 142 142 142 142 142 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 141 Write 135 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 141 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 98%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 253GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 80 83 80 82 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 78 Write 42.2 Mixed 39 SusWrite 81.3 78% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 57% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 2,543 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 29.8 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 30.3 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 116%

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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	2,221x
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 $295	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