Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	100% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '18 at 09:01
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 289 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 768 79% 637 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1486 MHz, MLim: 1775 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.1% Good	Lighting 83.5 Reflection 84.2 Parallax 74.9 68% 80.9 fps	MRender 79.7 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 66.7 60% 73.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 347 279 200 136 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 464 Mixed 453 SusWrite 235 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 48 164% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 320 243% 328 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 41GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 247 245 226 253 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 407 Write 458 Mixed 375 SusWrite 245 84% 371 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 42.7 164% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 330 244% 323 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 99%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 157GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 92 95 94 94 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 76 Write 79.8 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 93.6 55% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 260GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 69 70 70 70 70 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 74.5 Write 41.5 Mixed 47.3 SusWrite 69.6 43% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 43%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 285GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 80 83 83 83 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 82.5 Write 61.8 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 82.3 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3333 C16 2x8GB 459 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 34.5 112% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 46.2 SC Mixed 32.3 97% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

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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	2,220x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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