Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	116% 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.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '20 at 09:31
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 242 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 735 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 735 46% 735 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 161 Parallax 138 128% 152 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 152 Splatting 119 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 507 Write 433 Mixed 352 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 59.1 209% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 320 241% 325 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 151GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 412 486 493 482 269 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 492 Mixed 467 SusWrite 419 107% 473 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 63.9 219% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$32 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 250GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 78 79 79 79 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 118 Write 114 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 77.9 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB 434 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 29.4 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 32 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

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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	2,238x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	476x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	299x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	487x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	394x
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 $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	119x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $646

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16