Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.2% 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	318% 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, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '22 at 19:57
Run Duration	287 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 135 2-Core 260 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 628 67% 536 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 131 Parallax 112 95% 120 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 95.6 88% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$97 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1260 876 953 974 1002 993 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	318% Outstanding	Read 2,308 Write 2,162 Mixed 2,090 SusWrite 1,010 425% 1,892 MB/s	4K Read 78.7 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 106 347% 119 MB/s	DQ Read 1,514 DQ Write 998 DQ Mixed 1,166 894% 1,226 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 318% Great: 410%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 70GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 447 450 446 449 442 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 440 Mixed 352 SusWrite 446 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 66.3 217% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 316% 1.5TB free Firmware: 4B2Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 2074 2087 2083 2085 2089 2093 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	391% Outstanding	Read 2312 Write 2,074 Mixed 2,051 SusWrite 2,085 480% 2,131 MB/s	4K Read 77 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 109 353% 123 MB/s	DQ Read 1,651 DQ Write 1,071 DQ Mixed 1,263 968% 1,328 MB/s
Poor: 221% ↑ This bench: 391% Great: 391%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 30.9 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 30.2 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 104%

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

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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	2,227x
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	391x
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 $97Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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