Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.4% 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	271% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	9.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '18 at 03:26
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 666 68% 547 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.6 90% 109 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 106 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 457GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1039 1095 1088 1064 1091 1081 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 1,772 Write 1,583 Mixed 681 SusWrite 1,076 285% 1,278 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 65.3 238% 89.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,466 DQ Write 1,295 DQ Mixed 1,022 864% 1,261 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 302%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 447GB free Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 464 473 470 477 481 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 448 Mixed 284 SusWrite 459 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 41.2 161% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 157 171% 285 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
Micron_1100_MTFDDAK2T0TBN 2TB 5,114 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1TB free Firmware: M0MU031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 464 313 276 276 278 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 389 Write 482 Mixed 359 SusWrite 347 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 43 164% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 293 231% 320 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%
Seagate BUP Slim 960GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 894GB free Firmware: 0304 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 230 Write 225 Mixed 178 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 37.4 4K Mixed 23.4 79% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 53.4 60% 101 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.2 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 22.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 106%

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,610 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,212x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	294x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	178x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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