Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	165% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 2 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '23 at 05:06
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 228 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 580 61% 486 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% MSI(1462 3972) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.49 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 171 Parallax 156 140% 166 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 134 Splatting 116 114% 144 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 136%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB 29,078 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 682GB free (System drive) Firmware: EDFMB0.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1299 380 295 273 275 273 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,173 Write 1,391 Mixed 1,165 SusWrite 466 236% 1,049 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 57.4 185% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 885 DQ Write 527 DQ Mixed 777 559% 730 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 310%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 814 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.7% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 22.7 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 24.2 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 101%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,247x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	478x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	300x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	489x
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	180x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	150x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $99Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	119x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	126x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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

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Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369