Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	55.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '18 at 08:52
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 235 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 625 66% 528 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37A7) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 167 Parallax 175 139% 171 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 143 Splatting 104 113% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 76 77 80 61 83 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 454 Write 98.5 Mixed 152 SusWrite 77.5 42% 195 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 16 96% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 83.9 DQ Mixed 38.5 48% 86.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 65%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 27GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 280 172 157 135 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 451 Mixed 385 SusWrite 211 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 55.5 181% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 148 148 148 148 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 161 Write 135 Mixed 94 SusWrite 148 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 84%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 641GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 113 116 118 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 116 Write 81.8 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 116 68% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$92 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB 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	68.8% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.6 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 113%

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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	2,220x
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