Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 33.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	42.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '21 at 00:04
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 1.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	33.2% Below average	Memory 50 1-Core 26 2-Core 70.7 31% 48.9 Pts	4-Core 88.5 8-Core 278 20% 184 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	62% Good	Lighting 66.6 Reflection 99.4 Parallax 96.6 54% 87.5 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 94.8 Splatting 94.8 77% 93.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 138 86 103 103 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 327 Write 210 Mixed 219 SusWrite 111 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 22.6 4K Mixed 15.1 47% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 149 122% 172 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 91%
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC-WRSN 250GB 1,412 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 88GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 200 196 193 194 192 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 393 Write 280 Mixed 212 SusWrite 199 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 23.5 4K Mixed 17.6 53% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 204 162% 226 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 100%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 184 180 182 179 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 186 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 174 102% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%

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 way below expectations (6^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 23.1 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 8.6 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 161 25% 161 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.7% 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%

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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	2,226x
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