Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.7% 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	259% 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	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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '21 at 22:17
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 684 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 621 38% 621 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2435) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 136 Parallax 137 102% 133 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 127 Splatting 115 93% 112 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 269GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 956 985 1026 991 991 1004 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,946 Write 1,578 Mixed 835 SusWrite 992 350% 1,587 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 48.3 176% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 726 DQ Write 461 DQ Mixed 191 251% 459 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 332%
WD Gold 2TB (2016)-$97 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 781GB free Firmware: RR07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 166 157 161 159 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 111 Write 196 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 160 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.9 336% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 108%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 190 197 200 195 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 192 Mixed 80 SusWrite 196 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.8 202% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 113%
Seagate Expansion 5TB 2,792 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 134 129 128 133 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 106 Write 119 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 133 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.7 190% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 67%
WD Gold 2TB (2016)-$97 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: RR07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 187 187 188 188 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 140 Write 216 Mixed 100 SusWrite 184 118% 160 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 378% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 115%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,221x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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