Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics99.5% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161104
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateJan 18 '20 at 03:53
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 15%
Watch Gameplay: 2060S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (45th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7500-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
72.3% Very good
Memory 78.4
1-Core 114
2-Core 224
77% 139 Pts
4-Core 380
8-Core 393
52% 387 Pts
64-Core 418
26% 418 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 72.3%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510
Asus(1043 86FC) ≥ 4GB; ROG-STRIX-RTX-2060S-A8G
CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3541 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
99.5% Outstanding
Lighting 124
Reflection 112
Parallax 133
101% 123 fps
MRender 163
Gravity 105
Splatting 95.7
96% 121 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 99.5%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$81
66GB free
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 203 200 197 194 197 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
72.9% Very good
Read 322
Write 270
Mixed 192
SusWrite 200
55% 246 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 68.5
4K Mixed 34
118% 42.5 MB/s
DQ Read 277
DQ Write 230
DQ Mixed 215
172% 241 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 72.9%
Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 91 93 82 114 151 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
70.2% Very good
Read 146
Write 144
Mixed 102
SusWrite 98.6
91% 123 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23
177GB free
Firmware: KC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 118 121 122 122 122 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
68.4% Good
Read 118
Write 116
Mixed 59.8
SusWrite 121
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 68.4%
Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
51.6% Above average
MC Read 18.9
MC Write 19.4
MC Mixed 16.6
52% 18.3 GB/s
SC Read 10.3
SC Write 15.6
SC Mixed 16.5
40% 14.1 GB/s
Latency 83.5
48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 51.6%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,614 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 - $191

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $655
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