Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 106%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics127% 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 Drive208% 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.
Memory64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory43.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160407
Uptime6 Days
Run DateOct 07 '18 at 16:13
Run Duration210 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
82.7% Excellent
Memory 89.4
1-Core 118
2-Core 217
81% 142 Pts
4-Core 409
8-Core 702
67% 556 Pts
64-Core 711
44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 82.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.63
Performing below potential (72nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
127% Outstanding
Lighting 174
Reflection 200
Parallax 199
142% 191 fps
MRender 127
Gravity 179
Splatting 129
118% 145 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 127%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
282GB free
Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1409 1418 1415 1425 1428 1428 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
276% Outstanding
Read 2,030
Write 1,430
Mixed 786
SusWrite 1,420
316% 1,416 MB/s
4K Read 48.3
4K Write 161
4K Mixed 63.4
239% 90.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,181
DQ Write 406
DQ Mixed 468
431% 685 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 276%
Great: 283%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 623 401 390 366 372 356 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
208% Outstanding
Read 1,968
Write 1,257
Mixed 810
SusWrite 418
246% 1,113 MB/s
4K Read 48.1
4K Write 153
4K Mixed 60.9
232% 87.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,109
DQ Write 355
DQ Mixed 454
408% 640 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 208%
Great: 283%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 4x16GB
4 of 4 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (18th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
72.2% Very good
MC Read 25.5
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 22.8
73% 25.6 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 28.5
SC Mixed 19.1
61% 21.3 GB/s
Latency 68
59% 68 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 72.2%
Great: 128%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,613 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $655
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