Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

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	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '21 at 12:01
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 240 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 479 58% 445 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 1139) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.1% Poor	Lighting 32.1 Reflection 38.5 Parallax 31.1 26% 33.9 fps	MRender 35.3 Gravity 32.2 Splatting 28.9 26% 32.1 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,761 Write 1,651 Mixed 632 298% 1,348 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 62.6 231% 89.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,086 DQ Write 633 DQ Mixed 919 668% 879 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 500GB 1,345 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 126GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 325 211 218 213 212 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 368 Write 359 Mixed 331 SusWrite 244 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 28.2 86% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 81.2 DQ Mixed 89.7 70% 96.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 101%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 123 115 122 120 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 121 Write 39.4 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 116 62% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 72%
TOSHIBA USB DRV 16GB 1,979 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 10GB free, PID 1400 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.2 13 13 11 13 13 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 90.2 Write 23.2 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 11.9 50% 44.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2.2 142% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 43.7 MC Mixed 36.2 112% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 44 SC Mixed 30.4 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

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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	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	178x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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