Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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	19.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	10.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '18 at 11:33
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th 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 (89^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 254 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 730 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 152 Parallax 130 117% 142 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 138 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: 527ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 365 Write 234 Mixed 258 63% 286 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 44.2 158% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 191 154% 218 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 11GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 504 Write 485 Mixed 371 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 62.9 215% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 183 184 182 183 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 152 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 182 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C15 3x8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 91%

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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%

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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	2,213x
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	481x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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