Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	243% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '19 at 07:36
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 815 85% 683 Pts	64-Core 813 50% 813 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Lighting 82.4 Reflection 80.7 Parallax 69.3 67% 77.5 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 75 Splatting 76.8 61% 74.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 304GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1115 1036 954 935 929 927 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1,876 Write 1336 Mixed 712 SusWrite 983 273% 1,227 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 63 236% 90.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,233 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 451 426% 688 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 283%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 77GB free Firmware: 3.AAF SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 77 78 78 78 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 73.9 Write 41.5 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 77.7 44% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 54%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 208 205 206 207 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 145 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 205 104% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 108%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 114GB free Firmware: VT100-41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 59 59 59 60 59 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 60 Write 62.4 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 59.5 41% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 38%
Seagate Desktop 500GB 1,637 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 421GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 41.7 Write 42.3 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 42.8 54% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 98% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 34.2 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 46.2 SC Mixed 34.1 99% 34.7 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

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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	2,221x
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 $295	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