Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics99.1% 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 Drive70.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory16.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161104
Uptime1.9 Days
Run DateNov 30 '20 at 12:19
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 74%

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
Memory 82.6
1-Core 107
2-Core 228
78% 139 Pts
4-Core 424
8-Core 690
68% 557 Pts
64-Core 680
42% 680 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
99.1% Outstanding
Lighting 125
Reflection 132
Parallax 126
102% 128 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 127
Splatting 113
93% 114 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 99.1%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE SSD 960GB
691GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFC12.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 220 243 172 250 181 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
70.4% Very good
Read 325
Write 347
Mixed 295
SusWrite 206
66% 293 MB/s
4K Read 24
4K Write 63.7
4K Mixed 31
110% 39.6 MB/s
DQ Read 260
DQ Write 228
DQ Mixed 169
147% 219 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 70.4%
Great: 107%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296
2TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 134 134 135 135 135 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
77.8% Very good
Read 134
Write 212
Mixed 93.3
SusWrite 135
106% 144 MB/s
4K Read 4.7
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1.1
377% 3 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 77.8%
Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 182 185 184 185 184 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
95% Outstanding
Read 150
Write 164
Mixed 66
SusWrite 182
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 95%
Great: 105%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.4% Very good
MC Read 26
MC Write 27
MC Mixed 22.5
72% 25.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.3
SC Write 28.6
SC Mixed 22
65% 22.6 GB/s
Latency 75.9
53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 71.4%
Great: 105%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,624 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $641
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