Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 60% Gunboat


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '19 at 06:29
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	85%

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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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 76.4 1-Core 44.1 2-Core 186 57% 102 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 376 51% 378 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 144 Parallax 124 115% 136 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 128 Splatting 110 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 471 Write 449 Mixed 290 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 46.4 164% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 180 182% 296 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 64GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,845 Write 5,498 Mixed 5,978 1,360% 6107 MB/s	4K Read 438 4K Write 195 4K Mixed 257 1,097% 297 MB/s	DQ Read 1,206 DQ Write 957 DQ Mixed 1,040 790% 1,068 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 202GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 400 441 448 477 474 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 468 Mixed 441 SusWrite 427 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 54 178% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 140 140 140 141 141 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 154 Write 156 Mixed 92 SusWrite 140 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.9 195% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.5% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 16.5 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 87.5 46% 87.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 104%

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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	2,218x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

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 $274	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 $184	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