Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.5% 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	291% 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	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '22 at 06:38
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 263 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 786 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.8% 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: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 116 Parallax 107 86% 110 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 107 Splatting 104 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% 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: 1405 1473 1440 1435 1325 1192 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 1,816 Write 1,639 Mixed 1,499 SusWrite 1,378 356% 1,583 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 77.5 265% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,295 DQ Write 1,036 DQ Mixed 1,099 841% 1,143 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 350%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 299GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 474 468 469 448 446 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 446 Mixed 396 SusWrite 461 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 62 213% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 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: 437 410 128 176 175 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 453 Mixed 369 SusWrite 251 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 38.4 146% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 203 194% 304 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.2% 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 339 Write 338 Mixed 236 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 34.8 124% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 141 132% 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: 161 168 165 171 168 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 156 Mixed 90.6 SusWrite 166 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 851GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 75 73 76 77 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 103 Write 51.2 Mixed 53.1 SusWrite 75.1 52% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51% 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 (80^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 30.5 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 43.7 SC Mixed 32.3 94% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 106%

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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 $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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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