Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.6% 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	295% 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.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '22 at 21:59
Run Duration	331 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 267 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 740 77% 620 Pts	64-Core 751 46% 751 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 114 Parallax 105 84% 107 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 104 Splatting 103 83% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green SN350 1TB 10,028 User benchmarks, average bench 262% 606GB free (System drive) Firmware: 33006000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1464 1526 1484 1478 1487 908 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	295% Outstanding	Read 1,783 Write 1,632 Mixed 1,578 SusWrite 1,391 359% 1,596 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 82.6 280% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,293 DQ Write 1055 DQ Mixed 1085 837% 1,144 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 295% Great: 350%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 300GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 472 471 474 477 481 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 456 Mixed 396 SusWrite 474 101% 446 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 58.9 211% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 425GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 410 158 176 173 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 442 Mixed 367 SusWrite 256 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 40.1 150% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 204 194% 303 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 101%
Micron_M510_2.5_7MM_256GB 256GB 344 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 14GB free Firmware: DL06 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 338 Write 339 Mixed 257 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 36.1 128% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 141 130% 198 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 764GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 106 107 107 108 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 181 Write 178 Mixed 101 SusWrite 106 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 851GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 89 86 90 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 113 Write 99.9 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 87.2 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 30.4 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 32.5 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 106%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
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 $40Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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