Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.2% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month 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 (73^rd 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-$280 592,963 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 269 96% 168 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 757 78% 616 Pts	64-Core 726 49% 726 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$138 1,277,123 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 114 Parallax 105 83% 107 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 104 Splatting 103 83% 100 fps
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green SN350 1TB 2,026 User benchmarks, average bench 283% 606GB free (System drive) Firmware: 33006000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1464 1526 1484 1478 1487 908 MB/s Performing as expected (56^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: 174% ↑ This bench: 295% Great: 361%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$140 695,664 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-$42 13,116 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 425GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 410 158 176 173 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^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: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 102%
Micron_M510_2.5_7MM_256GB 256GB 343 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 14GB free Firmware: DL06 Relative performance n/a - sequential bench 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)-$30 3,056,731 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 764GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 106 107 107 108 MB/s Performing as expected (48^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: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$60 342,868 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 851GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 89 86 90 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th 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: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 80,422 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 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: 108%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 34: 2R 5G 9B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
34%	32%	50	340	276	144	24"	1920 1080	ACR0472 Acer XF240H

History: Score 29: 5R 1G 1B | Score 34: 2R 5G 9B

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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 60%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $280Bench 82%, 592,963 samples	4,441x
Core i5-6600KIntel $195Bench 79%, 374,836 samples	1,076x
Core i7-7700KIntel $365Bench 86%, 623,615 samples	645x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,277,123 samples	1,122x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 106%, 1,005,992 samples	956x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $861Bench 137%, 717,838 samples	447x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	477x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 104%, 900,642 samples	392x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $180Bench 224%, 57,496 samples	220x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $64Bench 82%, 566,942 samples	390x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 86%, 616,718 samples	264x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	247x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $813

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $275	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $446	Crucial MX500 250GB $42
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3050 $292	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i7-12700K $378	Nvidia RTX 3070 $537	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $60	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $64	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $453	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $17