Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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.
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 (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '21 at 20:37
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing as expected (40^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 126 69% 110 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 574 60% 485 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 138 Parallax 129 106% 133 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 137 Splatting 119 101% 124 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% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,642 Write 2,315 Mixed 1,832 503% 2,263 MB/s	4K Read 66.2 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 93.5 308% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,368 DQ Write 893 DQ Mixed 748 661% 1,003 MB/s
Poor: 188% Great: 410%
Toshiba Notebook SSHD 2.5" 1TB 27,655 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 122GB free Firmware: HEF01D SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 48 41 39 46 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Read 25.3 Write 57.5 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 44.9 30% 40.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 17.5 4K Mixed 3.7 781% 7.43 MB/s	DQ Read 4.3 DQ Write 21.7 DQ Mixed 15.9 137% 14 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 64%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 264GB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 77 76 77 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 90.2 Write 76.7 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 76.2 102% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 0.7 248% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 29.2 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 119%

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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	12	10	144	24"	1920 1080	ACI24E1 VG248

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	482x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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