Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics113% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161104
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 02 '19 at 16:41
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
84.2% Excellent
Memory 96.2
1-Core 127
2-Core 244
88% 156 Pts
4-Core 393
8-Core 546
59% 470 Pts
64-Core 548
34% 548 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Lighting 152
Reflection 155
Parallax 146
124% 151 fps
MRender 119
Gravity 146
Splatting 114
103% 127 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 113%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85
18GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0BB6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 499
Write 487
Mixed 301
95% 429 MB/s
4K Read 45.5
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 55
198% 70.7 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 177
184% 301 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261
80GB free
Firmware: 5.24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 198 208 208 204 214 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
95% Outstanding
Read 413
Write 239
Mixed 300
SusWrite 204
64% 289 MB/s
4K Read 36
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 51.8
180% 66.7 MB/s
DQ Read 243
DQ Write 205
DQ Mixed 231
171% 226 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 95%
Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 214 214 216 215 216 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 148
Write 158
Mixed 79.2
SusWrite 212
109% 149 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 103%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3400 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
62.2% Good
MC Read 22.1
MC Write 21.6
MC Mixed 18.3
59% 20.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.3
SC Write 23.5
SC Mixed 22.3
60% 21 GB/s
Latency 53.2
75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 62.2%
Great: 115%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,626 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $641
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