Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	123% 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	66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 10 months ago, 5 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '23 at 16:58
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 75.7 1-Core 76 2-Core 156 60% 102 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 587 56% 462 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 870A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.29 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 159 Parallax 159 133% 160 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 137 Splatting 121 120% 150 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$75 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 97 121 101 98 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 303 Write 247 Mixed 228 SusWrite 103 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 36.2 124% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 163 140% 203 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 84%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$93 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 488GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1313 1219 1348 1375 1210 1390 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,940 Write 1,588 Mixed 1,472 SusWrite 1,309 354% 1,577 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 61.8 194% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 766 DQ Write 479 DQ Mixed 681 492% 642 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 410%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 831GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 160 159 158 159 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 146 Mixed 103 SusWrite 159 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 319GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 131 130 129 129 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 98.7 Write 101 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 131 71% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.7 104% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-030.A00G 4x8GB 275 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	23.7% Poor	MC Read 7.3 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 8 22% 7.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 5.6 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 84.7 47% 84.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 106%

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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	64	48	60	16.6"	1280 720	CHD0270 PMO S270-IFC

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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 $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 $132Bench 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 $85Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	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