Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics79.8% 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 Drive150% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 13 '19 at 17:02
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (50th 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 (89th percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Memory 93
1-Core 131
2-Core 261
90% 162 Pts
4-Core 435
8-Core 726
71% 581 Pts
64-Core 716
44% 716 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.43
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79.8% Very good
Lighting 103
Reflection 111
Parallax 101
84% 105 fps
MRender 92.9
Gravity 95.7
Splatting 80
72% 89.5 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110
35GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 293 271 277 265 271 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
150% Outstanding
Read 1,314
Write 466
Mixed 567
SusWrite 283
144% 658 MB/s
4K Read 44.2
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 50.6
196% 71.7 MB/s
DQ Read 700
DQ Write 213
DQ Mixed 326
274% 413 MB/s
Poor: 116%
This bench: 150%
Great: 188%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$40
28GB free
Firmware: MU02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 354 377 134 152 152 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
97.5% Outstanding
Read 514
Write 420
Mixed 345
SusWrite 266
86% 386 MB/s
4K Read 30.2
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 44.2
156% 58.5 MB/s
DQ Read 265
DQ Write 292
DQ Mixed 209
177% 255 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 97.5%
Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48
132GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 107 107 106 107 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
59.4% Above average
Read 100
Write 101
Mixed 68.5
SusWrite 106
69% 94 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 59.4%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown F4-3000C15-8GVKB 04CD F4-3000C15-8GVRB 04CD F4-3000C15-8GVKB 04CD F4-3000C15-8GVRB 32GB
3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
90.5% Outstanding
MC Read 31.7
MC Write 36.2
MC Mixed 28.3
92% 32.1 GB/s
SC Read 19.4
SC Write 38.1
SC Mixed 26.9
80% 28.1 GB/s
Latency 62.1
64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 90.5%
Great: 99%

 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%
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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