Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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 Drive	225% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	18.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	11.1 Days
Run Date	May 23 '20 at 07:17
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 250 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 673 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 141 Parallax 122 108% 132 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 131 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SKC2000M81000G 1TB 1,573 User benchmarks, average bench 283% 498GB free (System drive) Firmware: S2783101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 995 856 658 1039 821 955 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 2,055 Write 1,674 Mixed 1,354 SusWrite 887 334% 1,492 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 74 267% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 54.8 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 88.2 84% 124 MB/s
Poor: 176% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 361%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 5GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 174 Write 176 Mixed 218 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 26.2 104% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 35.1 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 39.6 40% 61.5 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 94%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 550GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 98 99 99 98 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 73.2 Write 72.7 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 97.5 56% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 69%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 45GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 122 122 122 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 105 Write 110 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 121 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 96%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 89 91 90 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 80.8 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 89.7 62% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 3,365 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 28.9 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 30.2 86% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 109%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,221x
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 $90Bench 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 $273	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