Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics98.1% 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 Drive142% 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)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 15 '19 at 02:00
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
93.2% Outstanding
Memory 96.9
1-Core 133
2-Core 265
92% 165 Pts
4-Core 516
8-Core 521
69% 519 Pts
64-Core 526
32% 526 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 93.2%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1632 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
98.1% Outstanding
Lighting 119
Reflection 93.4
Parallax 185
97% 132 fps
MRender 90.9
Gravity 140
Splatting 130
100% 120 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 98.1%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$100
98GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C2.1.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 227 230 232 230 234 MB/s
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
142% Outstanding
Read 876
Write 707
Mixed 794
SusWrite 238
146% 654 MB/s
4K Read 35.5
4K Write 165
4K Mixed 61.4
220% 87.4 MB/s
DQ Read 367
DQ Write 719
DQ Mixed 423
356% 503 MB/s
Poor: 95%
This bench: 142%
Great: 181%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80
2TB free
Firmware: MX6OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 89 92 92 92 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
51.5% Above average
Read 87.5
Write 94.3
Mixed 12.7
SusWrite 91.5
52% 71.5 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 51.5%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 99[2/7/4]205[F/T] 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3060 MHz
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
103% Outstanding
MC Read 37.8
MC Write 41.8
MC Mixed 30
104% 36.5 GB/s
SC Read 22.1
SC Write 43
SC Mixed 30.9
91% 32 GB/s
Latency 50.6
79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 103%
Great: 106%

 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 3,629 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: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $641
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