Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	103% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	14.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '21 at 17:31
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 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 (98^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 233 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 458 60% 451 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 138 Parallax 126 107% 132 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 132 Splatting 114 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 353 128 129 136 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 427 Write 276 Mixed 374 SusWrite 196 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 59.5 184% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 415GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 120 121 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 118 Write 73.7 Mixed 75.6 SusWrite 119 71% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 69%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 410GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 106 106 107 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 109 Write 106 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 106 69% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 112% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 61%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 80GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 126 126 126 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 113 Write 114 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 124 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 29.4 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 28.1 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 109%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 1: 0R 0G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
1%	20%	5	105	0	155	27"	2560 1440	DELD0E6 S2719DGF

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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	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	482x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
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 $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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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