Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.8% 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	317% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '20 at 19:39
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 519 62% 479 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 123 Parallax 112 93% 117 fps	MRender 89 Gravity 112 Splatting 93.1 80% 98.1 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 980 1341 1627 1707 1727 1735 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	317% Outstanding	Read 2750 Write 2,220 Mixed 1,555 SusWrite 1,519 450% 2,011 MB/s	4K Read 61.3 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 84.8 292% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 798 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 617 434% 562 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 317% Great: 393%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$60 1,772 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 100GB free Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 670 632 638 678 676 670 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,920 Write 687 Mixed 768 SusWrite 661 222% 1,009 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 60.8 245% 93.2 MB/s	DQ Read 900 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 407 346% 524 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 213%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 457GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 88 88 88 88 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 81.5 Write 80.5 Mixed 77 SusWrite 87.6 61% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 63%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 118 116 119 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 79.5 Write 122 Mixed 73 SusWrite 118 72% 98 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.7 206% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 67%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 107 108 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 108 Write 102 Mixed 66 SusWrite 107 129% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 0.9 242% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 59%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 172 164 165 178 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 125 Write 138 Mixed 102 SusWrite 171 186% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.2 217% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 32.9 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 30.2 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%

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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	2,220x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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