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 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 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	127% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB 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 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	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '21 at 17:43
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 212 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 604 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 8618) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2277 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 78.2 Reflection 81.7 Parallax 75.5 64% 78.5 fps	Gravity 77.6 Splatting 72.2 66% 74.9 fps
Poor: 51% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 551GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 444 461 466 466 465 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 468 Mixed 425 SusWrite 448 102% 450 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 62.2 210% 75.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 288GB free Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 377 396 399 400 400 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 348 Write 360 Mixed 247 SusWrite 382 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 40.3 152% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 150 139% 215 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 127GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 113 114 115 115 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 119 Write 112 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 114 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 111 112 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 122 Write 102 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 111 135% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 8.4 4K Mixed 0.8 318% 3.5 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 10.1 DQ Mixed 0.5 362% 3.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.4% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 31.2 SC Mixed 24.2 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 106%

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Desktop 87%

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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	2,218x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $43Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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