Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.5% 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	118% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '21 at 03:00
Run Duration	335 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 717 76% 608 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.5% Very good	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 97.6 Parallax 89.2 80% 95.2 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 89.9 Splatting 77.3 72% 89 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS200T2B0B 2TB 2,157 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 516GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 455 475 446 440 478 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 449 Mixed 321 SusWrite 435 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 52.6 179% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 234 206% 309 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 119%
Toshiba HDWL120 2TB 1,726 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: JT000A SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 39 41 47 38 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 134 Write 71 Mixed 43.6 SusWrite 41.5 53% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 0.6 228% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 80%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2BE10001 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 15 Mixed 0.3 6% 7.65 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 18% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 70%
Toshiba HDWL120 2TB 1,726 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 563GB free Firmware: JT000A SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 59 59 73 40 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 106 Write 41.9 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 54.1 44% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.4 180% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 80%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 853GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 29 31 31 29 30 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 88.8 Write 9.4 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 28.1 26% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 139% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 59%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100V 1TB 2,427 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 570GB free Firmware: AX0E2Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 56 56 57 29 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 69.9 Write 27.2 Mixed 25.4 SusWrite 47.3 31% 42.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 63%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 697GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 55 59 63 68 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 108 Write 55.5 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 61 53% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 218 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 25.8 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 34.9 SC Mixed 26.5 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 103%

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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	2,224x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
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 $43Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $636

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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