Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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.
Boot Drive	244% 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	22.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	8.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '21 at 18:06
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 707 72% 585 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 146 Parallax 146 107% 141 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 136 Splatting 121 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 740GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 988 1252 1357 1324 1266 1241 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 1,901 Write 1,479 Mixed 1,228 SusWrite 1,238 327% 1,462 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 63.6 206% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,115 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 248 278% 501 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 410%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 247GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 774 585 577 587 586 584 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 939 Write 826 Mixed 656 SusWrite 616 170% 759 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 48 158% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 763 DQ Write 97.2 DQ Mixed 184 197% 348 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 313%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 378GB free Firmware: HP64 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 99 97 96 97 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 107 Write 65.1 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 96.5 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 917GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 196 192 189 187 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 141 Mixed 76.9 SusWrite 188 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 647GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 180 174 175 176 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 150 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 173 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 2,357 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 34.6 110% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 45.8 SC Mixed 32.3 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	27.9"	1280 720	AOC2879 U2879G6

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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