Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.1% 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 Drive	254% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	21.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '20 at 14:41
Run Duration	277 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (43^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 (98^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 739 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 90%

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: 417.35 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 110 Parallax 103 84% 106 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 100 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1192 1289 1266 1310 1325 1216 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 1,864 Write 1,422 Mixed 750 SusWrite 1,266 296% 1,326 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 60.6 213% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,252 DQ Write 387 DQ Mixed 488 446% 709 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 111GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 379 384 389 392 392 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 346 Write 350 Mixed 310 SusWrite 380 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 42.9 142% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 250 188% 253 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 124%
Adata DashDrive Elite S102 Pro USB 3.0 32GB-$11 1,777 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 29GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 49 48 49 48 49 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	25.8% Poor	Read 92.3 Write 47.5 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 48.3 70% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 8.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 1 64% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 39%
WDC WD30 EZRX-00MMMB0 3TB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 289GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 35.3 Write 31.3 Mixed 27.8 SusWrite 0.2 30% 23.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 40%
WDC WD30 EZRX-00MMMB0 3TB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 145GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 33.5 Write 27.5 Mixed 27.2 37% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 74% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 40%
WDC WD30 EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 2TB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 33 33 33 33 34 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 36 Write 35.5 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 33.1 44% 32.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 119% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 50%
WDC WD30 EZRX-00MMMB0 3TB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 184GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1 5.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 35 Write 30.5 Mixed 29 SusWrite 2.7 31% 24.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 44%
WDC WD30 EZRX-00MMMB0 3TB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 126GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 34.8 Write 30 Mixed 26 SusWrite 2.1 29% 23.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 74% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 44%
WDC WD30 EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 33 33 33 33 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 35 Write 33.5 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 32.9 43% 32.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 122% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 55%
ST4000DM 005-2DP166 4TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 3TB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 35 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 4.2 34% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 111% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 34.8 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 45.5 SC Mixed 33.3 97% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 119%

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

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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	2,227x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	297x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	392x
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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16