Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	168% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '19 at 14:45
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 259 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 506 68% 506 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	71.6% Very good	Lighting 94.9 Reflection 84 Parallax 80.5 77% 86.5 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 75 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 73%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 9,137 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80004E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 329 316 318 318 317 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1,176 Write 555 Mixed 1006 SusWrite 320 170% 764 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 69.1 229% 86.5 MB/s	DQ Read 602 DQ Write 744 DQ Mixed 634 489% 660 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 167%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 1x8GB 32,519 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	45.8% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 12.1 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 52%

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

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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	2,212x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	294x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	178x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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