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 way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	68.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '20 at 22:38
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 137 2-Core 286 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 765 79% 638 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 127 136 128 135 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 132 Write 186 Mixed 175 SusWrite 125 35% 155 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 39.4 155% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 152 123% 174 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 67%
VR000480GWFMD 480GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 196GB free Firmware: HPGB SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 388 391 389 392 385 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 380 Mixed 278 SusWrite 389 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 35.6 151% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 261 204% 278 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 477GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1410 1415 1416 1418 1419 1418 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	289% Outstanding	Read 2,116 Write 1,424 Mixed 919 SusWrite 1,416 328% 1,469 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 68.6 265% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,280 DQ Write 406 DQ Mixed 476 447% 721 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 289% Great: 283%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 137GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 493 494 494 471 333 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 471 Mixed 365 SusWrite 463 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 49.3 178% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 174 177% 288 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 116%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 126 126 125 125 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 125 Write 30 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 120 60% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 72%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 103 103 104 104 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 159 Write 144 Mixed 91.4 SusWrite 102 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 219% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 34 112% 39 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 46.4 SC Mixed 32.8 98% 34.2 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

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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	2,212x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	294x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	178x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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