Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	314% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '21 at 02:04
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 254 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 727 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$394 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 3507) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	129% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 170 Parallax 169 142% 171 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 150 Splatting 126 123% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDBRPG0010BNC-WRSN 1TB 20,671 User benchmarks, average bench 285% 735GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1416 1583 1716 1725 1722 1720 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	314% Outstanding	Read 1,987 Write 2,200 Mixed 1,756 SusWrite 1647 428% 1,898 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 75.4 263% 99.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,350 DQ Write 1,001 DQ Mixed 1,145 864% 1,165 MB/s
Poor: 202% ↑ This bench: 314% Great: 349%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 561GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 153 154 140 131 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 158 Write 148 Mixed 108 SusWrite 141 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 100%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1TB 3,701 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 565GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 61 59 61 62 59 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 52.9 Write 64.9 Mixed 25.1 SusWrite 59 69% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 26% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3400 C16 2x16GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 41.5 MC Write 44 MC Mixed 33.8 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 45.1 SC Mixed 32.3 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 115%

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

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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 $241Bench 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 $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 $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