Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	273% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '19 at 21:41
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 238 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 463 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37AD) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 127 Parallax 143 110% 135 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 128 Splatting 103 108% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 403GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1136 1230 617 617 613 612 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2,260 Write 1,677 Mixed 1,206 SusWrite 804 331% 1,487 MB/s	4K Read 61.2 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 79.5 264% 90.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,330 DQ Write 972 DQ Mixed 1,054 814% 1,119 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 247GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 439 458 449 449 459 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 447 Mixed 369 SusWrite 440 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 62.8 200% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 159 175% 296 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 187GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 431 436 438 433 437 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 426 Mixed 374 SusWrite 431 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 58.8 196% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 316 250% 348 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 954GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 102 102 99 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 106 Write 101 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 100 69% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 101%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 114 114 116 115 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 114 73% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 67%
SAMSUNG HM500JI 500GB 359 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 49GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 37.3 Write 28.5 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 41.6 47% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 93% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.4% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 24.2 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 23.7 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 104%

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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	2,227x
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 $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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16