Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics85.3% 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 Drive123% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151216
Uptime2.4 Days
Run DateJul 01 '18 at 09:24
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
85.9% Excellent
Memory 92.5
1-Core 132
2-Core 249
89% 158 Pts
4-Core 427
8-Core 735
70% 581 Pts
64-Core 736
46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
85.3% Excellent
Lighting 111
Reflection 113
Parallax 116
90% 113 fps
MRender 96.3
Gravity 102
Splatting 83.1
76% 93.7 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.3%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113
144GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61130WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 396 399 397 398 406 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
123% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 485
Mixed 375
SusWrite 407
100% 445 MB/s
4K Read 42.2
4K Write 123
4K Mixed 55.7
200% 73.7 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 332
DQ Mixed 287
234% 333 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 123%
Great: 116%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
928GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 177 179 179 178 178 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 183
Write 158
Mixed 110
SusWrite 177
115% 157 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.2
235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 103%
Great: 109%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB
838GB free, PID 25e1
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 110 115 112 116 115 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
61.6% Good
Read 129
Write 115
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 113
147% 110 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 5.8
4K Mixed 0.7
227% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 61.6%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
76.1% Very good
MC Read 27.7
MC Write 28.8
MC Mixed 23.3
76% 26.6 GB/s
SC Read 18
SC Write 29.6
SC Mixed 24.2
68% 23.9 GB/s
Latency 63.1
63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 76.1%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,612 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $655
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