Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	86.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 03 '21 at 13:54
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 87.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 429 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 341B) CLim: 1268 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.30.02 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	14.5% Very poor	Lighting 0.2 Reflection 59.6 Parallax 70.5 0% 43.4 fps	MRender 59.6 Gravity 54.7 Splatting 44.2 42% 52.8 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit L8T-128L6G-HP 128GB 473 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: D871701 SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 297 305 307 310 295 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 431 Write 305 Mixed 179 SusWrite 300 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 27.9 126% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 187 168% 254 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 92%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 722GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 356 357 360 361 359 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1B1 2x8GB 1,474 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.9% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 13.6 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15.4 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 81%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	178x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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