Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	21.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '19 at 06:12
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

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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 as expected (49^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 83.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 228 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 630 66% 527 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FBE) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.2% Very good	Lighting 95 Reflection 86.3 Parallax 77.6 77% 86.3 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 83.6 Splatting 72.3 68% 84.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 81%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.92% Terrible	Lighting 7.27 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 7.09 6% 8.22 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 14.1 9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.92% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 56 55 54 54 55 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	36% Below average	Read 70.7 Write 69.8 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 54.3 46% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 49%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 114GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 102 102 102 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 169 Write 150 Mixed 103 SusWrite 102 97% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 289GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 118 118 118 118 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 158 Write 155 Mixed 107 SusWrite 118 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 391GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 131 132 132 131 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 128 Write 143 Mixed 71 SusWrite 132 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 146GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 160 161 160 161 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 153 Mixed 101 SusWrite 160 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 203GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 125 131 136 136 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 99.2 Write 110 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 131 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 90% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 4x8GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22.2 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 121%

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Gaming 69%

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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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