Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	58.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '24 at 16:39
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 as expected (57^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 85.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 254 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 620 65% 519 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 134 Parallax 120 96% 124 fps	MRender 91.3 Gravity 127 Splatting 112 91% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV5001920G 2TB 224 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 003056RI SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 168 235 264 256 247 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 368 Write 354 Mixed 310 SusWrite 239 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 37.5 131% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 125 112% 166 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 98%
Hitachi HUH728060ALE600 6TB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 5.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: A4GNT7J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 176 181 186 179 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 169 Mixed 78.9 SusWrite 178 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 177% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 123 130 131 131 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 128 Write 124 Mixed 69.4 SusWrite 129 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 029E CMD32GX4M2B3000C15 HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 029E CMD32GX4M2B3000C15 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.2% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.8 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 74%

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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	56	60	84.6"	1280 720	VES3700 50UHD_LCD_TV

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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	2,238x
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	487x
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 $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	119x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $646

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	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