Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	121% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '18 at 14:15
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 726 78% 621 Pts	64-Core 735 46% 735 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6583) ≥ 4GB; EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 Gaming iCX 8GB Video Card CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 145 Parallax 132 114% 139 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 137 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 228 238 233 232 233 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 495 Mixed 377 SusWrite 253 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 65.1 223% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 178GB free Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 404 482 483 486 486 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 486 Mixed 301 SusWrite 460 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 42.5 165% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 162 174% 289 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 397GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 406 485 487 488 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 489 Mixed 421 SusWrite 462 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 66.4 226% 81.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 723GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 141 Write 40 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 41.6 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 112%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 711GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 130 132 131 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 119 Write 25.3 Mixed 67 SusWrite 130 63% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 215% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 31.4 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 30.7 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 - $191

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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