Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	92.6% 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	40.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	18.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '22 at 22:18
Run Duration	360 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	58%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 74.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 181 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 491 50% 407 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon-VII-$841 13,762 User benchmarks, average bench 101% AMD(1002 081E) Ram: 16GB, Driver: 22.4.1 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.6% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 102 Parallax 182 98% 135 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 138 Splatting 76.5 82% 103 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: UJ510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 11 19 5.7 5.3 3.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 380 Write 301 Mixed 296 SusWrite 43.1 57% 255 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 31.9 4K Mixed 14.9 62% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 67.5 DQ Mixed 44.9 46% 76.7 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 55%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 348GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 330 345 329 330 334 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 318 Write 335 Mixed 276 SusWrite 328 71% 314 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 40.2 132% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 199 163% 233 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 415GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 403 422 402 409 411 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 407 Write 425 Mixed 353 SusWrite 401 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 43.3 147% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 344 263% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 133%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 7TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 166 176 171 177 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 131 Write 140 Mixed 96.9 SusWrite 169 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.9 350% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 92%
WD Elements 25A3 6TB 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 145 146 146 143 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 150 Write 145 Mixed 112 SusWrite 145 186% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 133% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-4500 4x8GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	55.8% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 14.6 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 91.7 44% 91.7 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 135%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	2,234x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	475x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	484x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	394x
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 $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $646

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16