Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88% 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 Drive	149% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	16.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '18 at 18:40
Run Duration	357 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (40^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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 87.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 228 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 710 66% 550 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6274) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 108 92% 112 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 99 Splatting 99.6 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 448 437 395 454 181 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 1,547 Write 777 Mixed 629 SusWrite 397 185% 838 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 21.2 4K Mixed 22.6 109% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,156 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 287 315% 557 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 387GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 376 377 368 441 256 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 427 Mixed 364 SusWrite 359 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 55 184% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 315 249% 346 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 43GB free Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 350 322 246 406 201 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 477 Write 408 Mixed 292 SusWrite 307 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 35 124% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 198 172% 253 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 105%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 43GB free Firmware: 0739 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 4.7 20 20 42 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	Read 46 Write 88.5 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 34.2 45% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.1 44% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 87%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 617GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 134 45 9.3 47 139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 166 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 85.5 69% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.8 216% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 110%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 163 162 61 79 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 144 Write 150 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 128 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 50% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 23 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 20.4 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 114%

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,624 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,220x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $95Bench 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 $300	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