Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	302% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '19 at 03:22
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 267 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 732 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 151 Parallax 128 118% 141 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 143 Splatting 113 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

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% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1004 783 764 752 741 743 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2,542 Write 2,114 Mixed 1,787 SusWrite 798 404% 1,810 MB/s	4K Read 68.4 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 90.4 312% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,357 DQ Write 1111 DQ Mixed 1,027 826% 1,165 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 355%
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GB 36,832 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 166GB free Firmware: SBFA12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 102 101 101 102 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 487 Write 447 Mixed 359 SusWrite 142 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 37.5 149% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 208 189% 286 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 90%
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 18GB free Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 303 218 299 302 243 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 299 Mixed 298 SusWrite 269 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 41.4 155% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 187 167% 251 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 734GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 173 172 171 172 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 91.8 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 171 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 33.6 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 44 SC Mixed 31.6 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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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 $132Bench 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 $85Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $549	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