Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.4% 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 Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	15.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '20 at 15:04
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 240 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 704 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 111 Parallax 105 88% 108 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 96.1 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$148 1,613 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM03.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 211 161 165 162 159 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 764 Write 227 Mixed 347 SusWrite 173 83% 378 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 40.7 157% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 451 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 325 249% 343 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 207%
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 1TB 16,136 User benchmarks, average bench 283% 527GB free Firmware: S0118C SusWrite @10s intervals: 728 843 847 852 855 862 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1939 Write 1,292 Mixed 782 SusWrite 831 269% 1,211 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 50.9 203% 87.9 MB/s	DQ Read 552 DQ Write 1,010 DQ Mixed 616 514% 726 MB/s
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 373%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 35GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 88 79 76 86 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 175 Write 110 Mixed 138 SusWrite 87.4 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 31.5 133% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 117 90% 123 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 61%
Hitachi HDS725050KLA360 500GB-$40 5,497 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 152GB free Firmware: K2AOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 47 47 46 46 47 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 39.7 Write 37.5 Mixed 30 SusWrite 46.3 28% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3400 C16 Series 2x8GB 4,679 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.2 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 12.1 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 114%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	482x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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