Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90.7% 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 Drive239% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 640 x 480 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151216
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 17 '18 at 20:50
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (85th 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 way above expectations (93rd percentile)
88.4% Excellent
Memory 92.5
1-Core 134
2-Core 248
89% 158 Pts
4-Core 454
8-Core 747
73% 600 Pts
64-Core 744
46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 88.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Vega Frontier Edition-$1,000
CLim: 1600 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 16GB, Driver: 18.5.1
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
90.7% Outstanding
Lighting 111
Reflection 87.8
Parallax 160
90% 119 fps
MRender 88.4
Gravity 113
Splatting 126
91% 109 fps
Poor: 78%
This bench: 90.7%
Great: 92%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250
144GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 824 858 870 897 785 778 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
239% Outstanding
Read 2,076
Write 889
Mixed 624
SusWrite 835
244% 1,106 MB/s
4K Read 51.6
4K Write 168
4K Mixed 59.4
243% 93.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,092
DQ Write 328
DQ Mixed 395
373% 605 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 239%
Great: 243%
WD WD10S21X-24R1BT0-SSHD-8GB 1TB
134GB free
Firmware: 03.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 79 79 81 78 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
49.9% Average
Read 94.6
Write 95.9
Mixed 53.1
SusWrite 79.1
59% 80.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 49.9%
Great: 59%
Seagate ST9320325AS 320GB-$34
277GB free
Firmware: 0002BSM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 50 50 49 49 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
30.2% Below average
Read 55.2
Write 58.9
Mixed 36
SusWrite 49.8
37% 50 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.6
104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 10%
This bench: 30.2%
Great: 39%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
42.4% Average
MC Read 14.8
MC Write 14.5
MC Mixed 12.1
39% 13.8 GB/s
SC Read 12.8
SC Write 15.5
SC Mixed 12.8
39% 13.7 GB/s
Latency 63
64% 63 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 42.4%
Great: 43%

 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 3,614 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
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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