Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	180% 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 12:45
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 246 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 639 65% 528 Pts	64-Core 621 38% 621 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 202 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 174 Parallax 77.1 121% 133 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 166 Splatting 120 85% 99 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%

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: 660 264 253 218 236 244 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1,349 Write 875 Mixed 872 SusWrite 312 189% 852 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 61.2 228% 91.2 MB/s	DQ Read 742 DQ Write 912 DQ Mixed 282 364% 646 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 190%
Samsung 840 Evo 750GB-$310 3,724 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 62GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 414 351 280 64 52 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 447 Mixed 380 SusWrite 270 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 56.3 195% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 245 216% 323 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 125%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$73 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 159 169 166 162 167 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 126 Write 101 Mixed 34 SusWrite 162 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 90% 0.53 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: 136 146 145 149 137 143 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 126 Write 94.7 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 142 71% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 83% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 100%
WD Purple Surveillance 8TB (2017)-$221 256 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 24GB free Firmware: 80.H0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 83 100 89 88 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 78.7 Write 73 Mixed 43.1 SusWrite 91.6 52% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.9% 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	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 25.4 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 25.6 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 82%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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