Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	112% 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	40.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	14.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '23 at 01:20
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 206 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 528 58% 457 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(4426 19DA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 144 Parallax 135 118% 141 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 149 Splatting 126 108% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$25 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 122 11 117 9.4 116 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40.6% Average	Read 205 Write 93.7 Mixed 122 SusWrite 79.9 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 53.5 4K Mixed 11.8 71% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 82.9 83% 131 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 91%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1.5TB free Firmware: 4B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 975 1305 1628 1657 1758 1700 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,042 Write 1,892 Mixed 1851 SusWrite 1,504 410% 1,822 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 68.4 216% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 614 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 672 446% 539 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 435%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 307GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 320 351 366 370 372 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 332 Write 361 Mixed 319 SusWrite 339 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 46.7 152% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 94.6 DQ Mixed 56.1 74% 138 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 700GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 157 159 159 159 159 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 132 Write 127 Mixed 99 SusWrite 158 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 208% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3000C15-4GVRB 0420 F4-3200C16-4GVK 0420 F4-3000C15-4GVRB 0420 F4-3200C16-4GVK 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.3% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 22.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 20.5 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 73%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,233x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	475x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	484x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	394x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $646

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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