Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	119% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	52.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '19 at 12:06
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 213 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 614 62% 503 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2661 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 154 Parallax 133 114% 142 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 141 Splatting 116 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 1TB 2,597 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 507GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 438 407 449 433 463 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 446 Mixed 404 SusWrite 436 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 49.3 184% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 175 182% 300 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 353GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 439 441 450 451 366 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 426 Mixed 449 SusWrite 429 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 63.2 209% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 295 240% 341 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 407GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 440 441 450 452 367 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 453 Mixed 410 SusWrite 429 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 62.4 208% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 177 184% 302 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 129%
WDC WDS400T2B0A-00SM50 4TB 1,668 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 1.5TB free Firmware: 411030WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 438 439 448 445 449 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 452 Mixed 360 SusWrite 440 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 42.2 155% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 119 153% 275 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 115%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 671GB free Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 109 103 109 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 112 Write 92.7 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 104 72% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 63%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 173 170 177 176 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 143 Write 142 Mixed 131 SusWrite 174 109% 147 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.8 288% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 10,311 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 33.3 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 29.4 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 154%

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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	2,226x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $636

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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