Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	123% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '19 at 01:53
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700T 9,225 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 104 2-Core 212 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 570 56% 460 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.2% Very good	Lighting 87.8 Reflection 109 Parallax 86.9 72% 94.4 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 83.8 Splatting 99.7 76% 92.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLV256HCHP-000MV 256GB 8,268 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV75M0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 289 290 290 290 289 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 854 Write 295 Mixed 316 SusWrite 290 96% 439 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 35 155% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 827 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 409 342% 511 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 138%
Samsung PM830 512GB 611 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 272GB free Firmware: CXM03D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 376 381 388 387 386 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 444 Write 382 Mixed 263 SusWrite 383 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 26.4 99% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 155 126% 184 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 82%
Samsung MZFLV256HCHP-000MV 256GB 8,268 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 45GB free Firmware: BXV75M0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 296 297 296 296 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 921 Write 305 Mixed 349 SusWrite 297 103% 468 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 35.2 162% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 896 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 426 361% 543 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 138%
Crucial_ CT1050MX300SSD1 1TB 770GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 25 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	120% Outstanding	Read 253 Write 364 Mixed 309 SusWrite 4.6 314% 233 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 25.5 4K Mixed 19.7 1,600% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 18.8 DQ Write 38.7 DQ Mixed 24.3 2,213% 27.3 MB/s

Crucial_ CT1050MX300SSD1 1TB 978GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 197 199 199 199 163 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	162% Outstanding	Read 257 Write 349 Mixed 303 SusWrite 191 382% 275 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 25.8 4K Mixed 20.4 1,636% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 18.2 DQ Write 39 DQ Mixed 25 2,244% 27.4 MB/s

Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500G 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 466GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 199 199 200 200 163 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.8% Average	Read 3.7 Write 2.2 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 192 80% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 5% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 181%
Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500G 500GB 339GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.6 4.6 1 0.8 0.3 28 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	141% Outstanding	Read 387 Write 179 Mixed 337 SusWrite 6.1 274% 227 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 25.6 4K Mixed 23.9 1,768% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 38.3 DQ Mixed 29.5 2,402% 31.3 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 11,968 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 69.6 57% 69.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 105%

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,653 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,238x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	476x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	299x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	487x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	394x
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 $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	119x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $646

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16