Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.3% 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 Drive	230% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '19 at 14:47
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	8%

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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 702 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36DD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 120 Parallax 109 96% 116 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 105 Splatting 87.6 79% 97.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 919 855 812 775 739 678 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1,816 Write 1336 Mixed 769 SusWrite 796 262% 1,179 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 62.9 242% 92.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,181 DQ Write 378 DQ Mixed 497 441% 685 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 283%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 210GB free Firmware: CXM03D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 362 381 382 381 378 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 461 Write 295 Mixed 280 SusWrite 374 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 26.6 106% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 156 126% 183 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 80%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 2,234 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 321GB free, PID a009 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 106 106 106 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 101 Write 102 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 106 115% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.9 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.6 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 120%

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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	2,212x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	294x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	178x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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