Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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.
Boot Drive	345% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '20 at 02:42
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$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 (95^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 249 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 726 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 720 45% 720 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 152 Parallax 140 113% 144 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 138 Splatting 113 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 319GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1649 1636 1638 1638 1472 1444 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	345% Outstanding	Read 2,218 Write 2,120 Mixed 1,786 SusWrite 1,580 433% 1,926 MB/s	4K Read 66.3 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 95.6 321% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,426 DQ Write 1,264 DQ Mixed 1,336 1,004% 1,342 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 345% Great: 410%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 475 475 474 473 471 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 466 Mixed 410 SusWrite 473 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 55.4 203% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 197 210 210 199 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 147 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 199 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 170 171 171 172 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 140 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 170 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 17.3 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 18.1 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 114%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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