Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (2nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 98 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '18 at 11:38
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	72%

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PC Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	47.1% Average	Memory 44.9 1-Core 28.7 2-Core 89.9 32% 54.5 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 467 44% 366 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.6% Good	Lighting 68.2 Reflection 92.1 Parallax 99.3 56% 86.5 fps	MRender 86.3 Gravity 91.6 Splatting 90.4 73% 89.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$90 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 687GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 459 Write 331 Mixed 336 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 22.2 4K Mixed 11.4 45% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 71.8 DQ Write 44.5 DQ Mixed 35.1 32% 50.5 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 105%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 459GB free Firmware: X41200RL Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 312 Write 230 Mixed 229 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 18.3 4K Mixed 7.05 42% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 66.2 DQ Write 44.8 DQ Mixed 15.6 22% 42.2 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 492 Write 391 Mixed 411 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 19.3 4K Mixed 13.8 52% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 46.1 DQ Write 54.3 DQ Mixed 21.1 24% 40.5 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 131%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 137GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 493 Write 399 Mixed 416 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 22.7 4K Mixed 12.1 54% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 75.1 DQ Write 68.6 DQ Mixed 44.9 41% 62.9 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 131%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 29.4 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 8.7 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 181 22% 181 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 118%

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

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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 $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 $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