Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 107% 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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.
Boot Drive	310% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 04:41
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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-$180 588,978 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 (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 277 91% 166 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 738 78% 626 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 90%

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: 441.12 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 150 Parallax 128 112% 139 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 143 Splatting 112 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% 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% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 797 800 788 773 745 731 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	310% Outstanding	Read 2,564 Write 2,147 Mixed 1,811 SusWrite 772 407% 1,824 MB/s	4K Read 69.8 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 98.4 329% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 1,412 DQ Write 1,206 DQ Mixed 1,087 875% 1,235 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 310% Great: 355%
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GB 36,832 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 166GB free Firmware: SBFA12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 100 102 99 102 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 460 Mixed 374 SusWrite 141 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 39.8 159% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 208 189% 287 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 90%
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 18GB free Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 246 245 299 300 245 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 292 Mixed 296 SusWrite 272 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 35.6 149% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 187 166% 250 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 734GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 171 172 171 172 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 172 Mixed 92.2 SusWrite 171 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.3 250% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 46,140 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 31.1 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 45.2 SC Mixed 30.5 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 119%

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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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

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