Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics100% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160311
Uptime1 Days
Run DateJul 22 '18 at 02:05
Run Duration166 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 22%
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 PC Performing as expected (55th 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 as expected (57th percentile)
82.2% Excellent
Memory 93.1
1-Core 111
2-Core 206
80% 137 Pts
4-Core 385
8-Core 575
60% 480 Pts
64-Core 723
45% 723 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
100% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 141
Parallax 120
105% 130 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 126
Splatting 104
92% 113 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 100%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G 1.5TB
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 141 138 128 143 143 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
77.3% Very good
Read 135
Write 160
Mixed 77
SusWrite 135
93% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 77.3%
Great: 103%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230
3.5TB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 160 163 164 162 165 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
81.5% Excellent
Read 120
Write 165
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 163
85% 118 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 1.7
329% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 94%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
71.2% Very good
MC Read 27.2
MC Write 27
MC Mixed 20.9
72% 25 GB/s
SC Read 16.9
SC Write 25.3
SC Mixed 20.8
60% 21 GB/s
Latency 62
64% 62 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 71.2%
Great: 80%

 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 3,611 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
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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