Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '19 at 18:32
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 260 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 728 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Zotac(19DA 3527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 95 Parallax 86.6 82% 94.1 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 88.4 Splatting 79.7 74% 91.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 498 Write 279 Mixed 404 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 59.1 205% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 62GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 72 75 99 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 98.7 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 81.1 63% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 39GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 76 76 76 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 53 Write 54.7 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 75.1 41% 56.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 58%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 01.02C.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 96 96 96 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 111 Write 96.5 Mixed 77 SusWrite 95 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.7% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24.3 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 27.3 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 119%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,222x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
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 $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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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