Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	221% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 14 '19 at 00:46
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 493 66% 494 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.3% Poor	Lighting 33.1 Reflection 38.2 Parallax 31.1 27% 34.1 fps	MRender 47.3 Gravity 33 Splatting 43.2 34% 41.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 769 700 660 621 596 601 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,940 Write 891 Mixed 677 SusWrite 658 230% 1,041 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 59 224% 83.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,224 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 449 418% 672 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 283%
SK hynix SC308 SATA 256GB 6,224 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 64GB free Firmware: 30000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 241 237 237 234 235 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 444 Write 243 Mixed 210 SusWrite 237 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 24.5 132% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 186 170% 263 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 86%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 271GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 384 378 366 378 393 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 411 Write 410 Mixed 306 SusWrite 380 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 40.8 153% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 159 145% 214 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 105%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 167GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 388 400 405 422 440 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 442 Mixed 327 SusWrite 406 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 47.2 171% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 178 179% 290 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 2,702 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.8 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 115%

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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	2,232x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	475x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	394x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16