Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 156% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 132% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	162% 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	90% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '20 at 13:13
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 267 95% 168 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 759 79% 632 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 8668) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	162% Outstanding	Lighting 225 Reflection 240 Parallax 251 183% 238 fps	MRender 265 Gravity 218 Splatting 151 166% 211 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 364 377 386 388 386 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Read 365 Write 391 Mixed 240 SusWrite 377 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 35.2 137% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 233 175% 235 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 106%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$76 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 916GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2219 2176 1557 1524 1571 1572 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	373% Outstanding	Read 2,568 Write 2,209 Mixed 1,899 SusWrite 1,770 474% 2,111 MB/s	4K Read 68.7 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 98 326% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,535 DQ Write 1,187 DQ Mixed 1,334 1,005% 1,352 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 373% Great: 410%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 173 172 174 174 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 146 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 173 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 131 134 128 134 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 177 Write 172 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 131 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 346% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB 9,834 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 41.5 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 31.4 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 43.5 SC Mixed 33.4 96% 33.4 GB/s	Latency 45.3 88% 45.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 117%

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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	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	178x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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