Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.5% 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	86.4% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '20 at 22:42
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 238 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 775 73% 607 Pts	64-Core 735 46% 735 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Lighting 103 Reflection 91.8 Parallax 91.3 84% 95.3 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 88 Splatting 76.5 71% 88.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 2TB-$130 5,895 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 768GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 301 364 352 290 309 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 348 Write 365 Mixed 261 SusWrite 310 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 39.7 137% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 217 172% 239 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 19GB free Firmware: HP74 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 57 7.4 28 103 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 50.5 Write 40.6 Mixed 38.6 SusWrite 58 35% 46.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 78% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 88%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 59GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 114 114 114 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 74 Write 91 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 114 56% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 362% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$99 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 144 152 150 151 152 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	70% Good	Read 92.8 Write 140 Mixed 72 SusWrite 150 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.7 237% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$123 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 134 139 141 143 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 73.8 Write 113 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 134 69% 94 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.5 188% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 11,534 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.2% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 11 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 12.7 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 64%

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

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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) $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