Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	216% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '16 at 21:42
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 72.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 81% 149 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 440 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4364 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.7% Terrible	Lighting 7.17 Reflection 10.1 Parallax 6.94 6% 8.06 fps	MRender 8.24 Gravity 6.1 Splatting 14.5 8% 9.62 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.7% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 738 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 567GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,587 Write 1,511 Mixed 1,559 347% 1,552 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 35.5 132% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 450 DQ Write 441 DQ Mixed 212 224% 368 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 376%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB 825 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2.5TB free Firmware: 040B Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 89.4 Mixed 83.3 67% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 6.76 4K Mixed 0.38 183% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 89%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 316GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 64.7 Write 60 Mixed 56.3 77% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.18 52% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.9% Above average	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 16.8 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 19.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 94.8 42% 94.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	2,213x
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