Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	157% 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	7.75% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

24 months ago, 24 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	16.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '22 at 01:04
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (31^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 way below expectations (6^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 72.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 234 78% 143 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 542 56% 452 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$660 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% EVGA(3842 3955); EVGA XC3 Ultra 3080 TI CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 512.59 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	157% Outstanding	Lighting 216 Reflection 205 Parallax 228 176% 216 fps	MRender 259 Gravity 213 Splatting 142 161% 205 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-512M9PeY 512GB 725 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 50 47 47 53 57 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	7.75% Terrible	Read 76.6 Write 55.7 Mixed 69 SusWrite 55.2 14% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.5 4% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 7.75% Great: 251%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 126GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 355 361 380 368 342 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 388 Write 379 Mixed 320 SusWrite 359 82% 362 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 42.1 142% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 359 263% 345 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 124%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$76 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 73 94 100 119 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 105 Write 76.4 Mixed 58 SusWrite 92.6 61% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 88%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 10TB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 253 249 249 253 270 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 6.2 Write 206 Mixed 34 SusWrite 254 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 0.4 193% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 237%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 7TB free Firmware: D785 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 164 157 161 167 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 131 Write 169 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 162 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.1 412% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 92%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 102 99 101 105 104 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	59% Above average	Read 104 Write 101 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 101 70% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.6 217% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 92%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 5.5TB free Firmware: D785 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 134 133 130 136 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 136 Write 152 Mixed 94.5 SusWrite 132 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.7 374% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 19.5 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 16.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 94.9 42% 94.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 114%

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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	2,226x
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	390x
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 $67Bench 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