Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	230% 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.

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Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '23 at 18:41
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 214 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 572 59% 476 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gainward(10B0 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.99 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 141 Parallax 130 104% 133 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 143 Splatting 120 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 639GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1133 1298 1409 1107 1474 942 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1,563 Write 1,442 Mixed 1,222 SusWrite 1,227 307% 1,364 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 60.6 195% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 822 DQ Write 618 DQ Mixed 424 397% 621 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 311%
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$240 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 447GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 432 145 175 177 175 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 485 Write 426 Mixed 376 SusWrite 249 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 32.9 113% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 204 189% 289 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 100%
2.5" SATA SSD 3MG2-P 248GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 231GB free Firmware: M150821 SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 332 337 339 339 340 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 341 Mixed 302 SusWrite 333 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 39.5 135% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 189 171% 257 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 101%
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 222GB free Firmware: SAFC12.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 202 179 180 179 178 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 356 Write 360 Mixed 306 SusWrite 214 70% 309 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 34.2 122% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 167 149% 224 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FARG 4x8GB 461 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 26.4 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 87%

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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	56	27	144	24"	1280 720	AUS24B1 ROG PG248Q

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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	2,245x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	477x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 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	150x
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	124x
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 $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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