Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	129% 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.

Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 19:22
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	74%

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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 232 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 622 64% 517 Pts	64-Core 615 38% 615 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 156 Parallax 130 116% 143 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 169 Splatting 119 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 317GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 449 407 407 404 407 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 458 Mixed 357 SusWrite 413 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 64.4 218% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 758GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 138 138 134 137 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 133 Mixed 89.2 SusWrite 136 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.9 191% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 112%
HGST Deskstar NAS 5TB-$231 660 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 233GB free Firmware: APGNT517 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 94 92 95 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 100 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 95.3 64% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 110%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0511 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 136 137 140 147 141 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 64.3 Write 114 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 139 62% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 0.5 206% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 88%
WD Passport X 107D 2TB 602 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 141GB free, PID 107d Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 35.3 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 38 48% 34.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.7% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 104%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,224x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $90Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $636

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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