Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (54%). 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	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '20 at 09:04
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^th 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 way below expectations (5^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 74.5 1-Core 103 2-Core 193 70% 124 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 540 53% 434 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24% Poor	Lighting 27 Reflection 31.9 Parallax 25.3 22% 28.1 fps	MRender 29.3 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 33 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 73 71 55 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 393 Write 80.3 Mixed 146 SusWrite 66.1 37% 171 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 30.1 115% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 78.3 DQ Mixed 146 128% 199 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 151GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 359 373 378 373 362 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 374 Write 360 Mixed 332 SusWrite 363 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 40.7 134% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 351 265% 356 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 250GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 97 97 98 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 83.8 Write 86 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 96.6 60% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 166% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB 434 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 19.6 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 10.4 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 91.3 44% 91.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 110%

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

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Gaming 69%

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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	2,227x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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	391x
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 $98Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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