Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	226% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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	16.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 21:49
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 244 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 678 69% 558 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 116 92% 115 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 100 Splatting 93.4 79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 803 757 731 714 695 704 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,926 Write 1,042 Mixed 717 SusWrite 734 244% 1,105 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 61.8 230% 85.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,164 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 461 416% 657 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 283%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 946GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1490 1451 1535 1557 1530 1512 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 1,417 Write 1,444 Mixed 1040 SusWrite 1,513 305% 1,353 MB/s	4K Read 59.9 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 78.3 283% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 589 DQ Write 901 DQ Mixed 271 338% 587 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 255%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 26GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 115 118 111 113 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 111 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 109 73% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 235% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 107%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 203 200 204 202 197 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 188 Mixed 89 SusWrite 201 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 1.8 390% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 138%
UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power64G 64GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 11GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 16.3 Mixed 4.5 9% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 3x8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.9% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 16.3 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 18.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 77%

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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	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	178x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
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 $40Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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