Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	482% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	50.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '21 at 15:38
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 as expected (49^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 235 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 598 64% 507 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.5% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 132 Parallax 124 100% 126 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 127 Splatting 111 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 41 38 45 48 49 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	482% Outstanding	Read 5,473 Write 45.7 Mixed 83.4 SusWrite 42.6 293% 1,411 MB/s	4K Read 646 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 4.9 986% 218 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 482% Great: 243%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 723GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 486 677 566 507 500 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,092 Write 1813 Mixed 1,414 SusWrite 534 326% 1,463 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 74.2 260% 93.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,293 DQ Write 1,074 DQ Mixed 1,197 893% 1,188 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 410%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 440GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 134 134 133 134 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 177 Write 155 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 134 89% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.9 355% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 6,447 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 24 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 23.7 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 136%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 57: 8R 4G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
57%	16%	104	283	204	60	34"	3440 1440	SAM0BFE SE790C

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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	2,220x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	296x

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 $94Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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