Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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	82% 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	107% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	51.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '23 at 02:34
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (51^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 84.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 240 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 694 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.79 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 120 Parallax 105 83% 109 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 93.9 80% 98.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$182 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 424 426 458 456 452 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 431 Mixed 349 SusWrite 442 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 42.8 145% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Hitachi Touro Mobile Pro 500GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 169GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 51 50 50 49 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 107 Write 37.7 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 49.6 39% 54 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 97% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 73%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 889GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 81 81 83 82 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 79.2 Write 76.3 Mixed 48.9 SusWrite 81 96% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.2 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 23.6 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 148%

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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	2,242x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	477x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 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	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 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	123x
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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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