Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.2% 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 Drive	270% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 20 '20 at 21:51
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 252 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 701 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36BA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1602 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 114 Parallax 102 84% 106 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 97.8 Splatting 88.4 76% 93.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1272 1217 1162 1142 1136 1121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2,075 Write 1415 Mixed 890 SusWrite 1175 309% 1,389 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 66.4 257% 98.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,268 DQ Write 393 DQ Mixed 444 428% 702 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 283%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$132 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1TB free Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 441 443 445 453 451 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 469 Mixed 403 SusWrite 445 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 56 190% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 289 238% 339 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 125%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 945GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 197 198 199 200 198 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 72 Write 66.7 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 199 66% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2 359% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 110%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 121GB free Firmware: 0909 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 169 174 169 152 141 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 83.7 Write 32 Mixed 31 SusWrite 163 56% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 76% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4B8G2J3000K15K 4x8GB 146 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 30.1 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 31.7 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 122%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	482x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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