Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.8% 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	198% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	60.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '17 at 06:06
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (92^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 738 73% 596 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 96.2 90% 107 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 876GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 2,004 Write 1,343 Mixed 1,329 345% 1,559 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 36.3 4K Mixed 20.2 86% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 36.6 DQ Write 397 DQ Mixed 21.4 75% 152 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 302%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 801GB free Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 2,230 Write 1,350 Mixed 1,380 365% 1,653 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 36.6 4K Mixed 24 94% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 38.1 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 18.5 29% 52.7 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 302%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 151GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 832 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 116 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 54 197569806370 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10546536091 (F7) Unknown 100 100 329765580 (F8) Unknown 100 100 152970235 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4416 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	57% Above average	Read 339 Write 256 Mixed 253 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 34.2 4K Mixed 15.8 63% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 10.1 58% 134 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 4x16GB 406 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 27.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 98%

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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	2,220x
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 $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 $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