Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.6% 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 Drive	289% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	43.6 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '20 at 21:53
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 86.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 249 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 735 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.6% Very good	Lighting 95 Reflection 113 Parallax 99.9 77% 103 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 101 81% 98.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIE SSD 2TB 2,651 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM52.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1786 1866 1946 1961 1921 1897 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	289% Outstanding	Read 858 Write 1,496 Mixed 1,077 SusWrite 1,896 304% 1,332 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 81.1 272% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,233 DQ Write 1212 DQ Mixed 1,326 968% 1,257 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 289% Great: 500%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 8TB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 6.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 174 173 168 179 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 157 Mixed 89.2 SusWrite 173 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 8TB 1,688 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 146 118 86 128 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 111 Write 124 Mixed 60 SusWrite 126 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK32GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK32GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 48GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.9% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 31.4 SC Mixed 24.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 107%

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

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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	2,231x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
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 $90Bench 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 $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: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16