Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	265% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '21 at 00:14
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 266 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 672 71% 569 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2765) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Lighting 31.9 Reflection 32 Parallax 40 26% 34.6 fps	MRender 42.6 Gravity 41.6 Splatting 33.8 32% 39.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 301GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 870 617 639 620 625 608 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,119 Write 1,946 Mixed 1,384 SusWrite 663 341% 1,528 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 76.2 264% 94.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,434 DQ Write 1,197 DQ Mixed 1,304 980% 1,311 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 39GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 319 320 307 271 207 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 364 Write 378 Mixed 325 SusWrite 297 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 53.1 178% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 247 187% 252 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 663GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 103 103 102 103 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 103 Write 99.4 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 102 69% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 112%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 577GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 84 85 84 85 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 81.3 Write 65.9 Mixed 49.9 SusWrite 84.6 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.8 196% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.4% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 21.9 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 22.9 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 101%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,212x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	294x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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