Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 39.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	68.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.1% 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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '21 at 00:21
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	39.5% Below average	Memory 47.3 1-Core 26 2-Core 44.6 27% 39.3 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 333 30% 252 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.7% Good	Lighting 78.8 Reflection 109 Parallax 94.1 64% 93.9 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 93.8 Splatting 95.5 77% 94.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 99 131 123 127 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 294 Write 228 Mixed 235 SusWrite 116 49% 218 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 28.5 4K Mixed 20.8 65% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 131 116% 174 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 91%
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC-WRSN 250GB 1,412 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 88GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 170 162 167 170 162 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	50% Above average	Read 356 Write 210 Mixed 183 SusWrite 169 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 17.6 4K Mixed 12.9 41% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 211 178% 261 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 100%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$99 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 180 181 182 183 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 182 Mixed 39 SusWrite 181 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 7.3 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 171 23% 171 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 104%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,232x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	475x
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	394x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16