Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	168% 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	218% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '23 at 19:11
Run Duration	321 Seconds
Run User	BGD-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 68.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 230 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 586 64% 504 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti-$651 46,082 User benchmarks, average bench 240% MSI(1462 5132) CLim: 3135 MHz, MLim: 5250 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 528.49 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	168% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 346 Parallax 273 157% 270 fps	MRender 432 Gravity 283 Splatting 206 239% 307 fps
Poor: 208% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 256%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB 10,731 User benchmarks, average bench 376% 549GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 922 1041 920 825 898 1236 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 2,052 Write 1,819 Mixed 2,074 SusWrite 974 388% 1,730 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 60.2 4K Mixed 57.6 177% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 605 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 492 361% 479 MB/s
Poor: 236% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 477%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 238GB free Firmware: 3B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 886 883 822 712 733 845 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 1,572 Write 918 Mixed 685 SusWrite 814 222% 997 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 55.4 4K Mixed 27 112% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 468 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 376 286% 388 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 243%
Seagate ST8000VN004-2M2101 8TB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 122 122 122 121 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 18% Great: 113%
Toshiba HDWT380 8TB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 350GB free Firmware: 0603 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 178 169 166 165 196 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 184 Mixed 54.4 SusWrite 173 108% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 193% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 131%
Toshiba MD04ACA600 6TB-$250 686 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 260GB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 171 163 165 167 182 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 856GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 153 155 153 160 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 69 Write 111 Mixed 54.6 SusWrite 154 71% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 90%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 130 130 125 129 129 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 57% Great: 104%
Toshiba MG07ACA12TE 12TB 231 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 188 179 168 166 187 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 177 Mixed 102 SusWrite 179 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 137%
External USB3.0 DISK02 6TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 432GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 175 165 171 170 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 193 Write 187 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 172 209% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 109% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 72%
External USB3.0 DISK00 6TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 442GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 106 106 105 111 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 167 Write 164 Mixed 76.4 SusWrite 108 168% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 145% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 82%
External USB3.0 DISK01 4TB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 470GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 105 105 104 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 136 Write 139 Mixed 64.8 SusWrite 107 148% 112 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 121% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4C16-8GTZB 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZB 04CD F4-3200C16-16GTZ 32GB 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.9% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns

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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