Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.2% 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	69% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '20 at 23:49
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 96.3 2-Core 254 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 698 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.2% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 132 Parallax 111 98% 121 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 117 Splatting 97.2 84% 103 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 119 114 121 118 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	69% Good	Read 306 Write 167 Mixed 203 SusWrite 118 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 31.6 132% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 163 134% 194 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 83%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 8GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 445 Write 452 Mixed 325 91% 408 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 51 186% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 176 182% 299 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Blue SSHD 1TB (2015)-$22 867 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 106 105 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 104 Write 89.5 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 105 68% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x4GB 16,490 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.1% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 19.7 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 22.2 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	2,220x
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 $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: 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 $40	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