Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '20 at 00:02
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	DOM-User
Background CPU	49%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 200 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 542 57% 458 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3773) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 115 Parallax 106 88% 109 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 100 81% 98.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 SATA M.2 128GB-$72 770 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 21 28 31 47 38 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 50% Great: 90%
Toshiba HG6 SATA M.2 128GB 5,880 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 70GB free Firmware: JUCA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 353 327 199 86 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 470 Write 411 Mixed 391 SusWrite 229 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 36.6 118% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 330 249% 334 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 98%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 85GB free Firmware: 20.01H20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 86 85 88 85 85 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 91.5 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 85.2 63% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 69%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1TB free Firmware: JKAOA20N SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 76 76 81 75 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Read 23.5 Write 58 Mixed 18.8 SusWrite 75.6 32% 44 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.1 34% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 70%
Hitachi HTS545032B9A 320GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 280GB free, PID 0711 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 16 17 12 16 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	6.36% Terrible	Read 16.3 Write 10.2 Mixed 12 SusWrite 15.4 18% 13.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 11% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.36% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA851U6AFR6N-UH Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G HMA851U6AFR6N-UH Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	67.8% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.6 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 22.4 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 74%

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,670 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,247x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	478x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	300x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	489x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	395x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	180x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	150x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	119x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	126x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	124x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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