Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	107% 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	118% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '19 at 03:57
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 288 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 789 85% 678 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 153 Parallax 130 114% 141 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 137 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 909GB free (System drive) Firmware: MVT42P1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 479 491 496 497 497 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 495 Mixed 439 SusWrite 490 110% 486 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 46.5 180% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 244 193% 273 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 99%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 86GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 269 73 92 72 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 434 Write 470 Mixed 329 SusWrite 178 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 47.1 179% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 172 152% 220 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 103 102 102 101 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 94.2 Mixed 42.7 SusWrite 102 62% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 165% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 91%
SanDisk Cruzer 4GB 3,128 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 0GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 17.5 Write 4.7 Mixed 7 10% 9.73 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 3 201% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 42.3 MC Write 45 MC Mixed 35.4 117% 40.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 49.1 SC Mixed 33.1 101% 35.5 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 115% 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	2,221x
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