Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.5% 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 Drive119% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160826
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 11 '19 at 23:10
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 30%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
89.3% Excellent
Memory 93.7
1-Core 139
2-Core 278
94% 170 Pts
4-Core 457
8-Core 731
73% 594 Pts
64-Core 777
48% 777 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 89.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
84.5% Excellent
Lighting 105
Reflection 109
Parallax 95.4
86% 103 fps
MRender 96.1
Gravity 100
Splatting 102
82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB
293GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR020
SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 441 444 414 404 418 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
119% Outstanding
Read 492
Write 435
Mixed 417
SusWrite 424
100% 442 MB/s
4K Read 37.3
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 54.4
183% 66.2 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 308
246% 346 MB/s
Poor: 86%
This bench: 119%
Great: 123%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
465GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 468 470 457 476 481 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
131% Outstanding
Read 497
Write 482
Mixed 390
SusWrite 468
103% 459 MB/s
4K Read 45.6
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 62.6
212% 75.4 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 360
271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 131%
Great: 134%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
82.2% Excellent
MC Read 28.9
MC Write 31.6
MC Mixed 25.8
82% 28.8 GB/s
SC Read 19.5
SC Write 33.3
SC Mixed 25.6
75% 26.1 GB/s
Latency 60.5
66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 101%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,612 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 - $191

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $655
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