Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	273% 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

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '19 at 02:34
Run Duration	312 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (51^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-$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)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 461 61% 455 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.3% 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: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 127 Parallax 130 117% 134 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 131 Splatting 103 108% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% 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% 257GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 708 1398 814 810 813 810 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 1,843 Write 1,979 Mixed 1,014 SusWrite 892 321% 1,432 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 93.1 273% 99.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,409 DQ Write 1,192 DQ Mixed 1,290 970% 1,297 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 522GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 22 34 46 41 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 343 Write 23.2 Mixed 14.1 SusWrite 32.8 22% 103 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 21.5 105% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 26.6 DQ Mixed 88 80% 130 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 121%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 399GB free Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1290 1266 1281 1263 1262 1258 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 1,436 Write 1,273 Mixed 1,005 SusWrite 1,270 280% 1,246 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 82.1 268% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 687 DQ Write 968 DQ Mixed 272 361% 642 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 295%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 569GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 913 508 509 510 509 508 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 314GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 319 348 324 325 330 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 347 Write 357 Mixed 295 SusWrite 314 74% 328 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 61.5 187% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 248 188% 253 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%

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 @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.2% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 15.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 57.6 70% 57.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 100%

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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 $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 $95Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

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