Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.9% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '20 at 01:18
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 120 2-Core 203 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 614 61% 496 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C752) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3570 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.3% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 119 Parallax 133 98% 124 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 109 Splatting 100 101% 128 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 160 69 56 54 50 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 426 Mixed 362 SusWrite 98.8 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 51.5 185% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 172 165% 263 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 69GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 145 165 149 120 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 108 Write 136 Mixed 96.2 SusWrite 138 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.1% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 22.1 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 110%

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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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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,613 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 $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	481x
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 $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