Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	215% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '18 at 07:16
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 213 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 722 69% 571 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB; SC2 Hybrid CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 198 Parallax 202 147% 194 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 181 Splatting 129 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 758 630 598 445 360 342 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,914 Write 1,231 Mixed 730 SusWrite 522 243% 1,099 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 60.5 233% 89.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,236 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 451 421% 679 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 53GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 415 480 486 488 353 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 480 Mixed 369 SusWrite 442 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 49.5 183% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 351 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 15GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 509 Write 475 Mixed 348 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 46 179% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 333 258% 353 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 119%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 111GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 485 488 487 486 486 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 480 Mixed 401 SusWrite 486 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 52.7 186% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 471GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 147 151 150 150 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 112 Write 105 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 149 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.4 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 104%

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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	2,213x
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 $160Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $706

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