Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics122% 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 Drive45.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161104
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 09 '21 at 21:53
Run Duration227 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
73.2% Very good
Memory 65.8
1-Core 135
2-Core 256
82% 152 Pts
4-Core 440
8-Core 589
65% 515 Pts
64-Core 698
43% 698 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 73.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
MSI(1462 3609) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing below potential (47th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
122% Outstanding
Lighting 165
Reflection 183
Parallax 176
135% 175 fps
MRender 132
Gravity 178
Splatting 120
115% 143 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 122%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102
53GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 76 77 74 76 78 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
45.2% Average
Read 157
Write 86.7
Mixed 96.1
SusWrite 75.6
23% 104 MB/s
4K Read 17.7
4K Write 68
4K Mixed 25.7
96% 37.1 MB/s
DQ Read 112
DQ Write 101
DQ Mixed 81.9
68% 98.4 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 45.2%
Great: 61%
WDS500G1XHE-00AFY0 500GB
381GB free
Firmware: 614600WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1221 1580 1138 843 594 597 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
267% Outstanding
Read 1,631
Write 1,534
Mixed 1,500
SusWrite 996
318% 1,415 MB/s
4K Read 48.7
4K Write 131
4K Mixed 73.8
238% 84.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,694
DQ Write 1,300
DQ Mixed 1,473
1,108% 1,489 MB/s
Poor: 216%
This bench: 267%
Great: 516%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95
233GB free
Firmware: 3.AAA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 81 84 84 82 83 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
48.4% Average
Read 87.2
Write 58.1
Mixed 47.5
SusWrite 81.3
50% 68.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 48.4%
Great: 54%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 32GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
62.3% Good
MC Read 22.1
MC Write 25.1
MC Mixed 20.9
65% 22.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.4
SC Write 21.7
SC Mixed 14.3
51% 17.8 GB/s
Latency 112
36% 112 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 62.3%
Great: 96%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,613 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 - $191

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $655
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