Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	99% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '20 at 16:59
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 (95^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 669 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 5511) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 125 Parallax 140 106% 131 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 117 Splatting 105 106% 134 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1,440 User benchmarks, average bench 147% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7000Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 322 316 297 306 306 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 1,003 Write 453 Mixed 334 SusWrite 314 116% 526 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 53.5 4K Mixed 30.7 120% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 27.5 34% 57.2 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 175%
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1,440 User benchmarks, average bench 147% 52GB free Firmware: BXV7000Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 185 183 168 178 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 934 Write 256 Mixed 322 SusWrite 176 92% 422 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 18.2 106% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 39.1 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 15.2 28% 53 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 175%
WD Passport AV 107B 1TB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 821GB free, PID 107b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 79 78 80 80 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 78 Write 79.5 Mixed 46 SusWrite 79.2 95% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 31.2 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 43.4 SC Mixed 29.5 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 - $191

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,226x
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 $177	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