Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.7% 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	260% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '18 at 15:53
Run Duration	459 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 570 76% 566 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2164 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 125 Parallax 117 98% 120 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 107 Splatting 109 88% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 817 588 576 561 541 517 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,190 Write 1,661 Mixed 642 SusWrite 600 282% 1,273 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 69.1 261% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,137 DQ Write 1364 DQ Mixed 1,004 825% 1,168 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 254%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 309GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 318 288 216 208 200 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 375 Write 395 Mixed 294 SusWrite 254 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 41.9 147% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 220 173% 239 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 99GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 298 296 296 295 295 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 393 Write 346 Mixed 330 SusWrite 298 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 56.1 188% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 213 162% 219 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 141GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 900 899 901 899 898 897 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,074 Write 919 Mixed 693 SusWrite 899 253% 1,146 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 62.2 259% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,060 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 376 360% 586 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 243%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 179GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 97 105 104 104 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 367 Write 378 Mixed 273 SusWrite 104 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 37.4 151% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 207 165% 230 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 101%
Mushkin ECO3 480GB-$155 2,300 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 100GB free Firmware: P033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 234 69 69 69 70 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 391 Write 370 Mixed 326 SusWrite 134 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 47.5 163% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 198 150% 200 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 101%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 168GB free Firmware: MAT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 55 56 56 48 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 391 Write 302 Mixed 248 SusWrite 54.4 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 54.4 185% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 207 155% 206 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 431GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 76 79 81 82 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 132 Write 86 Mixed 73 SusWrite 80.1 68% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 96%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 583GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 101 95 96 95 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 145 Write 105 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 97.4 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 110%
Wl6000gs A6454 6TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 574GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 89 84 85 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 132 Write 108 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 86.3 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 98%
Hitachi HUS 724030ALA640 3TB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1TB free Firmware: MF8O SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 111 110 110 114 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 136 Write 134 Mixed 56 SusWrite 111 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$87 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 56 56 56 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 118 Write 138 Mixed 68 SusWrite 54.5 70% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.7 213% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 87%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 188GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 10 10 11 23 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	33% Below average	Read 102 Write 9.2 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 12.6 26% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 47% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 54%
SanDisk Ultra 246GB 170 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 20GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 55 24 21 20 22 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 150 Write 69.7 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 34.8 100% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 3.1 200% 3.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 40%
TOSHIBA DT01ACA3 3TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2TB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 170 172 172 172 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 192 Write 188 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 172 190% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 110% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 1,983 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	MC Read 30 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 30.5 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 27.6 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 115%

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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	2,234x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	476x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 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 $86Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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