Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	72.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	256% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '19 at 19:34
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 146 2-Core 288 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 722 78% 617 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36BA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.1% Very good	Lighting 92.6 Reflection 95.3 Parallax 87.1 75% 91.6 fps	MRender 82.1 Gravity 83.7 Splatting 76.5 66% 80.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 989 922 886 877 862 857 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,039 Write 1,316 Mixed 826 SusWrite 899 282% 1,270 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 68.8 272% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,268 DQ Write 393 DQ Mixed 449 431% 703 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 109GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 151 152 153 152 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 472 Mixed 386 SusWrite 184 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 62.5 219% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 351 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 509GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 113 114 115 115 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 67.3 Write 80.2 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 115 53% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2 361% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4B8G2J3000K15K 4x8GB 146 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 30.3 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 31.9 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 122%

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

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,633 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,227x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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	391x
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 $98Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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