Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics85.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151216
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 30 '19 at 21:02
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User NOR-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
93.5% Outstanding
Memory 97.8
1-Core 131
2-Core 268
93% 166 Pts
4-Core 480
8-Core 741
76% 611 Pts
64-Core 737
46% 737 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 93.5%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
85.7% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 115
Parallax 102
90% 109 fps
MRender 93.4
Gravity 100
Splatting 90.7
77% 94.8 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.7%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 44 46 45 43 46 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 505
Write 488
Mixed 369
SusWrite 80.3
80% 360 MB/s
4K Read 44.6
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 58.1
202% 71.9 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 229
208% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 104%
Great: 118%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
69GB free
Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2140
Write 1,426
Mixed 786
319% 1,451 MB/s
4K Read 53.5
4K Write 196
4K Mixed 69.5
274% 106 MB/s
DQ Read 1,285
DQ Write 400
DQ Mixed 441
430% 709 MB/s
Poor: 138% Great: 283%
Adata SP900 256GB-$300
94GB free
Firmware: 5.0.7a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 231 230 224 252 256 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
91% Outstanding
Read 392
Write 295
Mixed 286
SusWrite 238
68% 303 MB/s
4K Read 35.2
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 38.6
163% 62.6 MB/s
DQ Read 249
DQ Write 263
DQ Mixed 148
141% 220 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 91%
Great: 89%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
110% Outstanding
MC Read 42
MC Write 43.2
MC Mixed 30.9
111% 38.7 GB/s
SC Read 23.4
SC Write 44.2
SC Mixed 33.3
96% 33.6 GB/s
Latency 46.9
85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 110%
Great: 115%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,612 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $655
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