Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	178% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '20 at 12:39
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 260 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 617 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Dierya 240G 240GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0420B SusWrite @10s intervals: 654 265 268 167 164 213 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,329 Write 848 Mixed 852 SusWrite 289 184% 830 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 60.4 228% 91.7 MB/s	DQ Read 741 DQ Write 910 DQ Mixed 282 364% 644 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 190%
Samsung 840 Evo 750GB-$310 3,724 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 62GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 461 351 103 68 52 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 459 Mixed 371 SusWrite 250 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 54.6 187% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 249 218% 324 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 125%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$73 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 157 166 165 155 161 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 127 Write 112 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 160 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 113%
WD WD60PURX-64LZMY0 6TB 1,184 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 145 149 130 139 144 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 129 Write 73.8 Mixed 31.6 SusWrite 141 68% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 86% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 100%
WD Purple Surveillance 8TB (2017)-$221 256 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 24GB free Firmware: 80.H0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 94 94 94 91 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 74.4 Write 76.4 Mixed 43.2 SusWrite 93.4 53% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1 161% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 04CB DDR4 3200 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 04CB DDR4 3200 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2400, 2667, 2400, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 25.3 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 26.1 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 82%

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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