Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	237% 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, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '19 at 05:23
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$62 149,467 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)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 239 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 458 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 75.4 65% 77.6 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 73.7 60% 73.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59 34,063 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0328D Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 763 552 276 265 258 259 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 1,853 Write 1,028 Mixed 125 SusWrite 395 186% 850 MB/s	4K Read 68 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 91.5 316% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 825 DQ Write 1,026 DQ Mixed 480 486% 777 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 271%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 275GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 129 129 132 132 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 142 Write 143 Mixed 96.9 SusWrite 129 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 87%
Seagate ST500VT000-1DK142 500GB 8,025 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 346GB free Firmware: 0001SDC1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 108 109 110 108 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 98.6 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 108 66% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$47 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 165 174 177 173 166 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 127 Write 139 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 167 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 106%
INTEL SS DSA2BW160G3H 160GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 42GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 157 161 160 158 158 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	147% Outstanding	Read 227 Write 164 Mixed 161 SusWrite 155 231% 177 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 24.8 4K Mixed 17.7 1,508% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 17.5 DQ Write 25.5 DQ Mixed 18 1,544% 20.3 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 29 100% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 29.7 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 102%

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

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,242x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	477x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	299x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	488x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	395x
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 $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	119x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	126x
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: 74% - Very good

Total price: $781

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16