Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.9% 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	65.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	11.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	9.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '19 at 19:50
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 249 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 436 59% 438 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.9% Very good	Lighting 94.5 Reflection 109 Parallax 90.4 77% 98.1 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 93.6 Splatting 94.7 77% 93.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 85 87 88 88 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 324 Write 118 Mixed 170 SusWrite 88.7 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 30.3 132% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 134 107% 151 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 82%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 85GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 380 414 427 424 379 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 414 Mixed 411 SusWrite 386 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 53.7 175% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 193 192% 308 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 125%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 145GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 88 88 87 86 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 82.2 Mixed 73 SusWrite 86.7 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 157% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 76%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 68 63 70 63 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 92 Write 55.7 Mixed 46 SusWrite 65.2 48% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 83%
Lacie XtremKey USB 3.0 32GB-$60 5 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 30GB free, PID 106c Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 39 40 40 40 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 40.2 Write 38.7 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 37.6 50% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 39% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 4x8GB 1,159 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 24.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 21.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 134%

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,624 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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