Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	137% 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	113% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '18 at 02:22
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 148 2-Core 280 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 819 78% 647 Pts	64-Core 819 51% 819 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2846 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 206 Parallax 190 159% 197 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 193 Splatting 126 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 457 449 402 424 413 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 418 Mixed 335 SusWrite 431 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 47.7 171% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 624GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 125 127 124 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 134 Write 122 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 126 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 22.8 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 25.1 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 90%

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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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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 $241Bench 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