Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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.
Boot Drive	94.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160407
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '21 at 12:23
Run Duration	287 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 220 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 677 67% 547 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$389 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 8660) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3339 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 143 Parallax 141 100% 136 fps	MRender 165 Gravity 116 Splatting 106 103% 129 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 181 184 179 180 176 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 355 Write 353 Mixed 305 SusWrite 202 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 55 181% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 248 187% 251 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 124%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$110 495 User benchmarks, average bench 271% 1TB free Firmware: SS0411BB Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1976 2078 2086 2090 1161 2067 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	362% Outstanding	Read 2,498 Write 2059 Mixed 130 SusWrite 1,910 367% 1,649 MB/s	4K Read 61.1 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 88.7 301% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,298 DQ Write 1,050 DQ Mixed 580 596% 976 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 362% Great: 359%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 683GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 109 108 110 107 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 138 Write 121 Mixed 72.6 SusWrite 108 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 22.9 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 74: 9R 9G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
74%	19%	106	275	191	144	27"	2560 1440	ACR0549 XF270HU

History: Score 59: 7R 5G 9B | Score 74: 9R 9G 2B

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Desktop 87%

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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	2,232x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	475x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $643

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16