Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	124% 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	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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '20 at 15:02
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 543 73% 544 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 75.7 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 67.1 62% 73.4 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 73.6 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 435 410 285 288 288 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 439 Mixed 441 SusWrite 337 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 67.9 220% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 271% 364 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 128%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 596GB free Firmware: 1AA01117 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 114 114 113 114 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 112 Write 73 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 112 66% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 63%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 178 178 178 178 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 168 Mixed 87.2 SusWrite 176 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 230% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 57GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 97 93 56 95 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 104 Write 86.7 Mixed 71 SusWrite 88.5 65% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: HP74 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 124 123 123 123 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 124 Write 123 Mixed 66 SusWrite 122 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX3200C16D4/8GX 04CD F4-2400C15-4GRR 04CD F4-2400C15-4GRR 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 22.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 23.1 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 70%

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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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