Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 07:41
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (45^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 143 2-Core 284 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 555 74% 551 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3792) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 127 Parallax 109 94% 117 fps	MRender 92.4 Gravity 117 Splatting 100 84% 103 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31000RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 448 Write 428 Mixed 296 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 41.9 153% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 251 205% 290 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 93%
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 23GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 49 55 54 55 55 MB/s Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.3% Average	Read 196 Write 101 Mixed 127 SusWrite 86 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 19.8 90% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 123 105% 150 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 107GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 159 162 163 158 167 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 134 Write 101 Mixed 73 SusWrite 161 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 61GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 189 193 192 194 196 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 95.3 Write 67.5 Mixed 62 SusWrite 192 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 302GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 122 122 125 125 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 122 Write 69.5 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 122 71% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 114%
TDK LoR Platinum 3.0 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 7GB free, PID 069c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 23 23 23 23 23 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 130 Write 22.7 Mixed 15.8 SusWrite 22.7 46% 47.7 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.2 115% 5.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 24.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 107%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 - $191

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,236x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	476x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	485x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	394x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	119x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16