Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.5% 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	274% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '18 at 01:21
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 548 75% 556 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1594 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 117 Parallax 106 90% 111 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 101 Splatting 92.6 79% 96.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 673GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1263 1235 1258 1217 1160 1160 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 1,673 Write 1,609 Mixed 794 SusWrite 1,215 296% 1,323 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 60.2 227% 90.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,485 DQ Write 1,362 DQ Mixed 1,052 891% 1,300 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 168GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 460 474 466 466 468 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 451 Mixed 381 SusWrite 460 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 62.4 221% 82.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 81GB free Firmware: R211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 123 124 124 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 403 Write 138 Mixed 181 SusWrite 124 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 34.9 152% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 121 103% 152 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 81%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 131 130 132 132 129 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 124 Write 110 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 130 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 33.7 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 40.2 SC Mixed 29.2 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,225x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $636

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16