Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics86% 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 Drive62.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170628
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 15 '20 at 22:27
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User ISR-User
Background CPU 15%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
84.8% Excellent
Memory 96.1
1-Core 124
2-Core 228
86% 150 Pts
4-Core 396
8-Core 669
65% 533 Pts
64-Core 678
42% 678 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 84.8%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
86% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 113
Parallax 97
88% 106 fps
MRender 96.8
Gravity 99.3
Splatting 101
81% 99 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BF360A5L 360GB
200GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LUDi
SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 231 221 193 235 230 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
62.7% Good
Read 425
Write 271
Mixed 308
SusWrite 222
68% 306 MB/s
4K Read 26
4K Write 21.1
4K Mixed 24
81% 23.7 MB/s
DQ Read 225
DQ Write 85.4
DQ Mixed 106
91% 139 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 62.7%
Great: 63%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275
121GB free
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 329 298 282 275 268 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 501
Write 472
Mixed 454
SusWrite 316
98% 436 MB/s
4K Read 42
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 57.3
194% 68.9 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 337
DQ Mixed 352
266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 89%
This bench: 116%
Great: 133%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA640 2TB-$41
200GB free
Firmware: MK7OA5C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 72 74 86 87 80 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
41.7% Average
Read 66.2
Write 71
Mixed 43.8
SusWrite 78.7
48% 64.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 41.7%
Great: 83%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
93.3% Outstanding
MC Read 35.8
MC Write 36.3
MC Mixed 26.9
94% 33 GB/s
SC Read 20.2
SC Write 35.2
SC Mixed 28.4
80% 27.9 GB/s
Latency 53.5
75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 93.3%
Great: 104%

 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 3,635 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: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $634
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