Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	46% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160118
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '21 at 00:32
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 73.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 241 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 552 62% 489 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% PowerColor(148C 2358) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.3.1 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46% Average	Lighting 58.9 Reflection 68.9 Parallax 87.7 48% 71.8 fps	MRender 60.2 Gravity 55.6 Splatting 42.2 42% 52.7 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 76 74 81 96 93 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 113 Write 125 Mixed 74 SusWrite 83.3 73% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 70%
JMicron Tech 2TB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1.5TB free, PID 0578 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 119 122 125 132 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 126 Mixed 97.8 SusWrite 124 157% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 64%
JMicron Tech 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 931GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 349 349 350 341 348 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	192% Outstanding	Read 332 Write 348 Mixed 262 SusWrite 346 440% 322 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 20.8 4K Mixed 18.1 1,387% 18.7 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 37.8 DQ Mixed 27.3 2,298% 29.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 192%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 9.7 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 8.3 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 94.1 42% 94.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 109%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,242x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	477x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	299x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	488x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	395x
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 $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	119x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	126x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $781

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16