Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 8 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '23 at 20:35
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 135 2-Core 212 87% 148 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 702 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.29 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 117 Parallax 107 83% 109 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY4 128GB 1,160 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5.2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 248 Write 284 Mixed 188 54% 240 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 27.5 108% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 196 162% 230 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 81%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 281 276 287 288 288 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 339 Write 346 Mixed 320 SusWrite 284 73% 322 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 49.6 159% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 250 188% 253 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 124%
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 132GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 168 165 168 166 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 232 Write 162 Mixed 155 SusWrite 167 40% 179 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 22.7 77% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 89.8 DQ Mixed 69 64% 99.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 51%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 172GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 816 101 173 105 97 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,398 Write 1450 Mixed 999 SusWrite 232 228% 1,020 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 61.8 205% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 632 DQ Write 745 DQ Mixed 268 319% 549 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 255%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 114 114 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 115 Write 105 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 112 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 45.4 MC Mixed 35.6 116% 40.7 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 48 SC Mixed 32.8 99% 34.6 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 115%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,227x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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	391x
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 $98Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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