Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	43.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	223% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '19 at 05:06
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 86.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 230 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 626 64% 517 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.9% Average	Lighting 54.9 Reflection 61.5 Parallax 53.3 45% 56.6 fps	MRender 56.2 Gravity 50.5 Splatting 49.3 42% 52 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1076 770 751 742 730 721 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1826 Write 1645 Mixed 665 SusWrite 798 275% 1,233 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 53.9 184% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,151 DQ Write 856 DQ Mixed 867 685% 958 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 302%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 232GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 260 259 260 260 260 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 280 Mixed 312 SusWrite 275 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 53 175% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 223 204% 313 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 118%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 183 186 186 186 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 159 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 184 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 103%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 929GB free Firmware: SM14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 110 110 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 102 Write 110 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 110 63% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.5 306% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.9% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 21.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 105%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,213x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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