Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	286% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '19 at 05:09
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

Watch Gameplay: 2070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 462 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 127 Parallax 143 115% 137 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 132 Splatting 105 108% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 253GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 597 831 892 899 866 853 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 2,296 Write 1,536 Mixed 1,234 SusWrite 823 327% 1,472 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 86.9 278% 98.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,343 DQ Write 1,198 DQ Mixed 1,294 964% 1,279 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 355%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 399GB free Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1348 1324 1334 1325 1301 1340 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1,323 Write 1,334 Mixed 1,055 SusWrite 1,329 284% 1,260 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 77.8 257% 93.4 MB/s	DQ Read 684 DQ Write 945 DQ Mixed 274 358% 635 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 295%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 569GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 400 453 463 457 453 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 427 Mixed 420 SusWrite 415 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 55.4 195% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 285GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 342 380 385 255 214 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 327 Write 359 Mixed 308 SusWrite 303 73% 324 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 60.7 192% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 247 187% 252 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x8GB 40,300 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.6% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.6 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 100%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,639 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 - $191

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,228x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
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	392x
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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16