Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '20 at 07:32
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 254 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 505 66% 496 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Lighting 80.8 Reflection 80.6 Parallax 70.2 66% 77.2 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 76.3 61% 74.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM21.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 110 17 14 107 9.9 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52% Above average	Read 284 Write 111 Mixed 207 SusWrite 48.6 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 13.5 105% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 85.7 89% 144 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 94%
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 362GB free Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 222 97 97 97 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 473 Write 180 Mixed 327 SusWrite 173 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 38.2 148% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 186 164% 244 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 102%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 245GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 91 91 91 94 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 100 Write 99.3 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 92.2 67% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 62%
WD WD5000ABYS-01TNA0 500GB-$80 1,220 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 401GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 75 75 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 76 Write 77.7 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 74.6 53% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 24.9 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 25.1 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 88%

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

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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	2,227x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	297x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	392x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16