Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	266% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '19 at 19:29
Run Duration	366 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 236 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 464 60% 453 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 123 Parallax 141 113% 134 fps	MRender 169 Gravity 126 Splatting 98.2 103% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 643 503 503 470 461 429 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 2,170 Write 1,928 Mixed 1,294 SusWrite 502 328% 1,473 MB/s	4K Read 64.5 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 91 297% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,366 DQ Write 1,146 DQ Mixed 1241 934% 1,251 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 182GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 449 Write 4534 Mixed 118 391% 1,700 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 22.9 129% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 222 156% 201 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 121%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 778GB free Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1194 1165 1243 1159 1214 1135 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 1,370 Write 1,271 Mixed 913 SusWrite 1,185 266% 1,185 MB/s	4K Read 53.8 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 80.6 273% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 685 DQ Write 947 DQ Mixed 272 358% 635 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 295%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 302 347 344 361 344 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 346 Write 323 Mixed 293 SusWrite 323 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 59.9 188% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 247 187% 252 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 300GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 27 26 26 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 462 Write 269 Mixed 274 SusWrite 32.5 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 46.7 140% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 161 171% 285 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 118%
Sabrent Disk Dev 3TB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 183 187 181 186 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 139 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 182 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x8GB 40,300 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 12.7 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 100%

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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