Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '20 at 01:12
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 800 82% 664 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 79.1 Parallax 75.9 63% 77.4 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 72.2 59% 72.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 135 127 131 115 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 296 Write 199 Mixed 220 SusWrite 121 47% 209 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 39.7 146% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 151 114% 153 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 85%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 84GB free Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 146 73 69 74 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 289 Write 103 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 118 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 20.8 4K Mixed 11.4 51% 16.4 MB/s	DQ Read 13.7 DQ Write 15.1 DQ Mixed 14.5 11% 14.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 901GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 161 162 162 161 161 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 162 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 161 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 106GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 120 121 120 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 174 Write 140 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 120 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 112%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 192GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 67 68 68 68 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 74.3 Write 78.2 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 67.2 52% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 197GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 179 172 162 175 178 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 51.8 Write 25.7 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 174 51% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 74% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.1% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 15.1 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.3 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 105%

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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	2,213x
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