Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	245% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '19 at 02:38
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 744 71% 587 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4001) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 156 Parallax 172 128% 162 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 137 Splatting 117 118% 149 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 867 861 847 880 863 846 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1,993 Write 1,095 Mixed 723 SusWrite 861 258% 1,168 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 62.4 249% 96.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1265 DQ Write 383 DQ Mixed 456 432% 701 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 283%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 1.5TB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1674 1687 1689 1677 1690 1688 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	303% Outstanding	Read 1,484 Write 1,623 Mixed 1,083 SusWrite 1,684 332% 1,469 MB/s	4K Read 64.1 4K Write 204 4K Mixed 89.6 320% 119 MB/s	DQ Read 971 DQ Write 922 DQ Mixed 322 413% 738 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 303% Great: 282%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1.5TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 147 149 142 148 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 138 Write 148 Mixed 69 SusWrite 145 168% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 109% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 61%
Fantom External HDD 8TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 964GB free, PID b565 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 181 181 181 179 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 46.6 Write 125 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 180 158% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.8 217% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 55%
Inateck ASM1153E 8TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 568GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 225 216 226 223 227 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 207 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 223 238% 179 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.6 209% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$103 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.2 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 114%

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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	2,234x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	476x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	484x
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 $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16