Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	281% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '19 at 00:57
Run Duration	319 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 239 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 476 63% 471 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 188 Parallax 190 139% 183 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 172 Splatting 121 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

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% 257GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 763 1437 809 808 811 807 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 1,857 Write 1,608 Mixed 982 SusWrite 906 299% 1,338 MB/s	4K Read 61.9 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 93.1 298% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,413 DQ Write 1,194 DQ Mixed 1,285 968% 1,298 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$108 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 522GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 144 195 107 67 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 347 Write 138 Mixed 111 SusWrite 116 39% 178 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 49.5 133% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 120 116% 187 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 121%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 399GB free Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1356 1314 1342 1332 1100 524 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 1,362 Write 1,323 Mixed 1,054 SusWrite 1,161 276% 1,225 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 81.8 278% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 682 DQ Write 968 DQ Mixed 272 360% 641 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 295%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 569GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 914 507 504 463 236 509 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 314GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 230 214 284 320 289 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 349 Write 358 Mixed 318 SusWrite 260 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 61.2 195% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 248 188% 253 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x8GB 40,300 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.6% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.3 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.6 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 100%

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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	2,232x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	475x
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	394x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16