Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '18 at 21:54
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 454 62% 459 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2040 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 80.7 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 76.6 66% 79 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 71.7 59% 72 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 216GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 344 345 349 342 343 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 308 Write 318 Mixed 250 SusWrite 338 69% 304 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 38.3 138% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 153 125% 174 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 174 172 175 175 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 171 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 172 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 522GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 77 78 77 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 100 Write 101 Mixed 59 SusWrite 77.7 112% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 44%
USB Flash Memory 16GB 2,810 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 11GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.1 4.7 4 4 4 4.2 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	7.04% Terrible	Read 33.5 Write 4.3 Mixed 9.3 SusWrite 4.5 13% 12.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 22% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.04% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 28.4 90% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 25.8 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%

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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	2,220x
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