Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	179% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '20 at 12:30
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 141 2-Core 256 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 674 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 202 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 175 Parallax 76.5 124% 134 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 164 Splatting 119 84% 98.1 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Dierya 240G 240GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0420B SusWrite @10s intervals: 537 260 245 248 252 229 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,406 Write 888 Mixed 851 SusWrite 295 191% 860 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 55.6 224% 90.7 MB/s	DQ Read 741 DQ Write 913 DQ Mixed 282 364% 645 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 190%
Samsung 840 Evo 750GB-$310 3,724 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 60GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 412 124 129 102 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 443 Mixed 355 SusWrite 218 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 58.4 201% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 251 219% 326 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 125%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$73 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 162 162 165 156 162 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 147 Write 107 Mixed 32.9 SusWrite 159 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 113%
WD WD60PURX-64LZMY0 6TB 1,184 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 155 141 145 136 136 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 126 Write 112 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 141 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 100%
WD Purple Surveillance 8TB (2017)-$215 256 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 24GB free Firmware: 80.H0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 96 95 94 92 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 73.3 Write 72.9 Mixed 43.2 SusWrite 93.5 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 145% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 04CB DDR4 3200 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 04CB DDR4 3200 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2400, 2667, 2400, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 25.6 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 25.5 76% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 82%

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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	2,227x
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	391x
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 $98Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

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 $40	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