Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.1% 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	92.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '22 at 11:58
Run Duration	288 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 496 65% 490 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$273 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 37D9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 517.48 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.1% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 101 Parallax 114 94% 110 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 108 Splatting 91.8 89% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 71 76 68 72 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 466 Mixed 352 SusWrite 99.8 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 49 164% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 237 212% 321 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 118%
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 1TB 16,136 User benchmarks, average bench 283% 212GB free Firmware: 42B2S7JA SusWrite @10s intervals: 1441 908 914 911 911 911 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,329 Write 1778 Mixed 1522 SusWrite 1,000 370% 1,657 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 65.8 215% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 638 DQ Write 423 DQ Mixed 561 410% 541 MB/s
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 373%
WD WD8002FZWX-00BKUA0 8TB 370 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 5.5TB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 224 223 226 226 224 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 229 Write 210 Mixed 122 SusWrite 221 144% 196 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 1 501% 4.23 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 139%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$90 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 804GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 113 112 113 112 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 115 Write 114 Mixed 78.6 SusWrite 112 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 100%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 118 117 118 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 120 Write 116 Mixed 32 SusWrite 118 70% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 92%
Seagate ST8000VN004-2M2101 8TB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 221 224 230 228 230 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 18% Great: 113%
WD WD80EFBX-68AZZN0 8TB 1,049 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 5TB free Firmware: 85.00A85 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 173 172 178 178 175 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 183 Mixed 92.4 SusWrite 176 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 1.5 374% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 332GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 136 136 136 138 139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 112 Write 70.3 Mixed 70.4 SusWrite 135 71% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 113%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 140 139 140 141 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 151 Write 141 Mixed 91.3 SusWrite 139 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3000C15-8GVKB 04CD F4-3000C15-8GVRB 04CD F4-3000C15-8GVKB 04CD F4-3000C15-8GVRB 32GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 33 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 32.1 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 29.6 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 99%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,245x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	478x
Core i7-7700KIntel $247Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	299x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	488x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	395x
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	150x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	119x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	126x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	124x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $781

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16