Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	9.36% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	297% 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, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.5 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 22:21
Run Duration	296 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 141 2-Core 266 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 744 74% 604 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% 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: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2064 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.40 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	9.36% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 0.5 Parallax 103 5% 36.7 fps	MRender 0.4 Gravity 3.4 Splatting 48.5 18% 17.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 9.36% 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: 1371 1326 1432 1434 1352 1278 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	297% Outstanding	Read 1,867 Write 1678 Mixed 1,679 SusWrite 1,365 370% 1,647 MB/s	4K Read 54.8 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 80.7 282% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,293 DQ Write 1,058 DQ Mixed 1,072 831% 1,141 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 297% Great: 350%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 300GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 432 468 469 447 424 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 473 Mixed 397 SusWrite 447 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 66 218% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 425GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 407 141 174 173 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 452 Mixed 358 SusWrite 253 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 42.9 149% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 203 194% 304 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.1% 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 330 Write 341 Mixed 264 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 37.8 127% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 142 132% 204 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 764GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 149 151 153 148 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 110 Mixed 103 SusWrite 149 105% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 851GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 87 88 86 87 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 116 Write 91 Mixed 59.6 SusWrite 85 65% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.7% 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 (73^rd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 30.1 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 32.5 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 106%

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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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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