Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	281% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '23 at 19:38
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 235 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 638 65% 525 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 531.79 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 176 Parallax 168 132% 169 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 168 Splatting 122 112% 138 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$106 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 693GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1443 1465 1509 1592 1654 1533 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 2,019 Write 1,812 Mixed 1,693 SusWrite 1,533 397% 1,764 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 73.8 228% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 877 DQ Write 694 DQ Mixed 806 598% 792 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 488%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 237GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 434 443 461 470 472 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 425 Mixed 335 SusWrite 451 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 39.2 139% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 348 266% 359 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 725GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 152 151 154 152 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 119 Mixed 85.9 SusWrite 152 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 108%
Samsung Flash Drive 64GB 8,748 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 23GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 136 Write 102 Mixed 102 139% 113 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 2.3 139% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX3000C15D4/8GX 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 KHX3000C15D4/8GX 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.9% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 113%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	216	59	144	23.8"	1280 720	DELA0E7 Dell S2417DG

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,232x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	475x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	394x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16