Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	201% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	11.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '19 at 17:46
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 72.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 246 82% 151 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 624 67% 531 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	63.6% Good	Lighting 77.5 Reflection 88.3 Parallax 78.1 63% 81.3 fps	MRender 80.9 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 79.2 64% 78.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 592 778 833 820 814 792 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,282 Write 805 Mixed 806 SusWrite 772 205% 916 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 68.8 245% 91 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 855 DQ Mixed 221 277% 473 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 242%
TN8 480GB 512GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 452GB free Firmware: R0817B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 381 407 401 397 394 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 430 Write 396 Mixed 342 SusWrite 379 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 24 124% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 33.2 79% 157 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 94%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 928GB free Firmware: SM28 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 165 Write 66.3 Mixed 83.5 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 6.9 1,368% 8 MB/s
Poor: 19% Great: 65%
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2010)-$60 12,460 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 500GB free Firmware: 0105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 39.3 Write 38.2 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 20.8 24% 32 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 48%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 780GB free Firmware: 0105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 40 Write 40 Mixed 36 SusWrite 20.8 26% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 1.3 283% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3200 2x8GB 16,423 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 16.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13.3 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 95.5 42% 95.5 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	482x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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