Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.9% 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	75.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 24 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '21 at 08:43
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 740 73% 596 Pts	64-Core 720 44% 720 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.9% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 135 Parallax 124 96% 126 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 127 Splatting 113 92% 112 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 156 120 125 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 375 Write 399 Mixed 335 SusWrite 140 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 39.4 142% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 164 126% 176 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 99%
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45 23,539 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 307GB free Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 657 600 598 602 601 599 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,489 Write 1,982 Mixed 1,546 SusWrite 610 317% 1,407 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 70.1 232% 88.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,370 DQ Write 1,111 DQ Mixed 1,163 892% 1,215 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 277%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 680GB free Firmware: CC4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 61 58 61 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 83 Write 85.6 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 59.8 52% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 743GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 199 197 200 189 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 79.8 Mixed 80.6 SusWrite 196 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMH16GX4M2D3600C18 4x8GB 2,892 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 45.5 MC Mixed 36 117% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 50.5 SC Mixed 32.6 102% 35.5 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%

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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	2,220x
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 $90Bench 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