Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	294% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '23 at 20:04
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (44^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-$219 588,978 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)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 100 2-Core 221 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 667 65% 533 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.3% 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 (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 179 Parallax 170 133% 171 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 168 Splatting 123 113% 139 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$107 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 691GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1543 1585 1675 1729 1773 1769 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	294% Outstanding	Read 2,103 Write 1,989 Mixed 1,896 SusWrite 1,679 432% 1,917 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 73.7 231% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 876 DQ Write 716 DQ Mixed 808 602% 800 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 294% Great: 488%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$129 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 237GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 441 458 469 476 475 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 420 Mixed 348 SusWrite 458 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 40.9 142% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 350 267% 360 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 725GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 136 135 136 135 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 146 Write 141 Mixed 98.1 SusWrite 136 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.8% 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 135 Write 104 Mixed 87.9 133% 109 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 2.4 137% 2.8 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% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 27.6 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 26.3 80% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% 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	71	59	144	23.8"	1280 720	DELA0E7 Dell S2417DG

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,239x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	476x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	299x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	488x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	394x
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 $75Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	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) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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