Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	95.5% 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	63.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). 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	55.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '23 at 07:49
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 72.4 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 180 67% 117 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 486 54% 422 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.5.2 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 137 Parallax 200 97% 152 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 138 Splatting 92.4 92% 115 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAK2T0TBN 2TB 5,114 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0MU020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 294 304 307 305 288 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 272 Write 295 Mixed 261 SusWrite 296 64% 281 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 41.1 4K Mixed 25 80% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 203 152% 205 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 432GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 152 149 147 143 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 123 Write 126 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 147 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 109%
ST1000LM 024 HN-M101MBB 1TB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 539GB free, PID 1065 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 101 101 99 99 99 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 71 Write 48.5 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 97.7 88% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-20-20 D4-3200 2x31.5GB 356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 26.8 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 21.5 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 96.1 42% 96.1 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 112%

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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	69	57	120	36.1"	1920 1080	TCL0000 55R635

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,635 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,227x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	297x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	392x
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 $37Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $634

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16