Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics83% 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 Drive183% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161104
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 05 '23 at 23:39
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
83% Excellent
Memory 86.9
1-Core 125
2-Core 253
86% 155 Pts
4-Core 426
8-Core 668
67% 547 Pts
64-Core 644
40% 644 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
83% Excellent
Lighting 104
Reflection 110
Parallax 101
85% 105 fps
MRender 93.1
Gravity 101
Splatting 97.6
80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 83%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 530 ZP500GM30023 500GB
361GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SU6SM001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 168 172 175 178 175 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
183% Outstanding
Read 1,483
Write 1,847
Mixed 1738
SusWrite 174
295% 1,310 MB/s
4K Read 58.2
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 76.4
247% 83.4 MB/s
DQ Read 961
DQ Write 642
DQ Mixed 860
626% 821 MB/s
Poor: 183%
This bench: 183%
Great: 398%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
223GB free
Firmware: 603ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
223GB free
Firmware: 608ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 21 21 21 22 21 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x16GB-$68
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
74.1% Very good
MC Read 27.1
MC Write 28.4
MC Mixed 22.9
75% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 18.1
SC Write 27.8
SC Mixed 22.8
65% 22.9 GB/s
Latency 70.1
57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 74.1%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

 SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score Hit Rate Shots EFps 0.1% Low Refresh Rate Screen Resolution Monitor
0% 0% 0 71 59 60 27" 2560 1440 DEL4278 DELL U2723QE
Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,632 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: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $636
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