Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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 61.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	46.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.8% 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.

Run History

24 days ago, 24 days ago, 24 days ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151019
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 13 '24 at 14:21
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^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 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	61.5% Good	Memory 47.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 229 69% 132 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 651 65% 527 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.9% Average	Lighting 57 Reflection 66 Parallax 60.4 46% 61.1 fps	MRender 66.6 Gravity 59.1 Splatting 52.3 48% 59.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 496 195 184 178 177 175 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 820 Write 775 Mixed 396 SusWrite 234 124% 556 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 23.5 4K Mixed 12.7 47% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 327 201% 221 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 236%
Sandisk S064G 63GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1GB free Firmware: 3.1.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 264 Write 34 Mixed 42.9 24% 114 MB/s	4K Read 9.9 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 8.2 29% 7.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% Great: 47%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-820 240GB 5,703 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 171GB free Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 263 270 265 264 274 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 308 Write 275 Mixed 229 SusWrite 267 61% 270 MB/s	4K Read 8.7 4K Write 23.4 4K Mixed 11.1 40% 14.4 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 154 120% 165 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 87%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 156GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 244 249 210 206 224 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 259 Write 263 Mixed 240 SusWrite 231 56% 248 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 25.4 4K Mixed 14.7 51% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 176 140% 195 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	66% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 32.4 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 7.8 22% 7.57 GB/s	Latency 220 18% 220 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 114%

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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	68	56	60	24"	1280 720	ACI24A5 VG248

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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	2,245x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	478x
Core i7-7700KIntel $247Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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