Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	109% 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	59.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (96%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '20 at 15:39
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	96%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$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 below expectations (6^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 74.1 2-Core 121 60% 94.3 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 664 54% 471 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 90%

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: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 185 Parallax 191 108% 170 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 179 Splatting 123 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: M311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 150 113 98 110 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 339 Write 236 Mixed 293 SusWrite 132 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 25.2 81% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 252 196% 272 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$23 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 184 184 184 184 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 88.2 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 184 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$23 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 763GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 84 84 83 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 110 Write 104 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 83.7 63% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	65.3% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 21.2 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 12.9 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 69.6 57% 69.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,228x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	392x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

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

Total price: $646

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16