Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '21 at 01:45
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 709 70% 574 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 141 Parallax 131 109% 135 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 142 Splatting 119 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,771 Write 663 Mixed 639 223% 1,024 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 55.4 217% 81.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,157 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 329 331% 562 MB/s
Poor: 133% Great: 247%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$265 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 617GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 471 477 489 488 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 471 Mixed 418 SusWrite 481 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 62.3 210% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 135%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 53GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 154 171 179 132 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 195 Mixed 97.9 SusWrite 154 117% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1D3000C16 0215 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 0215 CMK8GX4M1D3000C16 0215 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 79%

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

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,245x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	477x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	299x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	488x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	395x
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	150x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	119x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	126x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	124x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $781

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16