Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.2% 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	280% 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, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '22 at 05:08
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 227 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 710 70% 572 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.3% 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: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 110 Parallax 101 83% 104 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 102 Splatting 99.8 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green SN350 1TB 10,028 User benchmarks, average bench 262% 598GB free (System drive) Firmware: 33006000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1156 1240 1380 1339 1355 1342 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 1,601 Write 1,122 Mixed 1,108 SusWrite 1302 288% 1,283 MB/s	4K Read 55.5 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 81 276% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,286 DQ Write 995 DQ Mixed 1095 832% 1,125 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 350%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 299GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 405 446 440 443 441 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 432 Mixed 384 SusWrite 429 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 60.5 210% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 425GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 420 143 175 178 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 423 Mixed 374 SusWrite 250 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 38.2 138% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 203 194% 304 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.5% 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 318 Write 337 Mixed 236 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 32.3 125% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 148 135% 206 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: 163 167 165 170 170 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 156 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 166 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 851GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 73 74 74 72 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 100 Write 29.9 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 72.7 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.6% 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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.9% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 23.9 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 24.5 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 69.6 57% 69.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 106%

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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	2,220x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
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 $45Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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