Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.8% 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	79.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '18 at 17:14
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 261 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 715 73% 592 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1547 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 85.1 Parallax 162 92% 120 fps	MRender 83.6 Gravity 110 Splatting 121 88% 105 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 114 110 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 419 Write 145 Mixed 202 SusWrite 111 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 40.7 163% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 142 106% 142 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 83%
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 89GB free Firmware: M306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 347 342 345 343 321 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 294 Write 324 Mixed 334 SusWrite 341 73% 323 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 34.6 135% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 255 214% 311 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 100%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 77GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 475 352 101 79 78 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 469 Mixed 448 SusWrite 250 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 58.9 195% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 354 268% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 931GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 459 461 457 469 400 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 421 Write 442 Mixed 361 SusWrite 441 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 52.6 177% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 298 241% 341 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 125%
Patriot Memory 64GB 1,048 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 58GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 18 18 19 19 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 196 Write 59.8 Mixed 34 SusWrite 19.9 78% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.1 161% 3.87 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 32.5 108% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 43.9 SC Mixed 31.2 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,220x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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 $95Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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