Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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 Drive	310% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

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	20170306
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '19 at 10:56
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 248 92% 161 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 745 74% 606 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 149 Parallax 126 117% 139 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 141 Splatting 111 99% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 304GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 873 848 843 846 837 844 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	310% Outstanding	Read 2,530 Write 2140 Mixed 1,826 SusWrite 849 410% 1,836 MB/s	4K Read 69.1 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 95.4 323% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1382 DQ Write 1,190 DQ Mixed 1,271 957% 1,281 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 310% Great: 355%
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GB 36,832 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 223GB free Firmware: SBFA12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 100 102 102 103 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 431 Mixed 361 SusWrite 141 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 39.9 157% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 208 188% 284 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 90%
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 15GB free Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 244 175 297 301 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 190 Mixed 293 SusWrite 263 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 40.3 155% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 187 166% 250 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 734GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 172 169 172 171 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 149 Mixed 104 SusWrite 169 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 34 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 44.6 SC Mixed 32.1 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,228x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	392x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $646

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16