Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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	101% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 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, 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '20 at 04:13
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 90.7 1-Core 150 2-Core 274 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 830 84% 682 Pts	64-Core 830 51% 830 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4008) CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 158 Parallax 160 138% 162 fps	MRender 203 Gravity 144 Splatting 116 122% 155 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 383 379 380 379 377 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 176 Mixed 394 SusWrite 390 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 39.9 133% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 283 232% 331 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 119%
Seagate SSD 1TB 975 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 144GB free Firmware: ST8S1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 438 186 497 498 497 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 494 Mixed 373 SusWrite 433 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 46.3 159% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 225 203% 308 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 601GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 173 173 173 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 175 Mixed 82.8 SusWrite 172 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$45 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 80%

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

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 - $191

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,247x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	478x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	300x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	489x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	395x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	180x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	150x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	119x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	126x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	124x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Total price: $772

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