Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.6% 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	209% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151019
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '19 at 14:19
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 86.8 1-Core 141 2-Core 286 93% 171 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 554 76% 562 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$265 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 154 Parallax 144 81% 133 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 136 Splatting 116 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 305GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 237 258 256 233 241 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 338 Write 349 Mixed 303 SusWrite 243 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 33.8 117% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 243 181% 240 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 99%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 866 660 645 660 656 658 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,835 Write 1,958 Mixed 902 SusWrite 691 301% 1,346 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 66.8 217% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 611 DQ Write 547 DQ Mixed 583 436% 581 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 111GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 130 130 130 129 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 332 Write 132 Mixed 130 SusWrite 130 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 16.1 87% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 44.7 68% 132 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-8GVR 0420 F4-2400C15-8GVR 0420 F4-2400C15-8GVR 0420 F4-2400C15-8GVR 32GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 28.5 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 86%

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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	2,227x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	297x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	392x
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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $646

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16