Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 12 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 8 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '23 at 08:49
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 238 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 657 68% 545 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88% 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: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 535.98 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 96.8 Reflection 114 Parallax 103 79% 105 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% 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 284 Write 284 Mixed 211 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 29.1 116% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 195 162% 229 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: 282 287 285 289 287 288 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 376 Write 389 Mixed 348 SusWrite 286 79% 350 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 46.7 163% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 249 188% 252 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 124%
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 132GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 166 166 164 161 161 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 254 Write 166 Mixed 160 SusWrite 164 42% 186 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 23.1 79% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 97.4 DQ Mixed 69.8 65% 102 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.9% 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: 849 102 135 105 102 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,460 Write 1,478 Mixed 846 SusWrite 233 224% 1,004 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 65.2 213% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 633 DQ Write 785 DQ Mixed 269 325% 562 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 255%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 112 112 112 114 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 116 Write 104 Mixed 69.1 SusWrite 113 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.6% 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 (93^rd percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 45.1 MC Mixed 35.9 116% 40.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 45.9 SC Mixed 32.5 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 115%

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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	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	294x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	178x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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