Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


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 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83% 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	236% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '20 at 13:05
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 76.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 247 82% 150 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 698 69% 561 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3773) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 108 Parallax 91.7 85% 101 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 99.9 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 845 609 617 616 614 597 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,764 Write 1,581 Mixed 1,163 SusWrite 650 288% 1,289 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 75.1 248% 92.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,163 DQ Write 1,030 DQ Mixed 1,056 803% 1,083 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 340%
SanDisk X110 SATA M.2 128GB-$72 770 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 73GB free Firmware: X231306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 293 289 297 294 275 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 431 Write 280 Mixed 199 SusWrite 287 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 29.9 125% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 122 126% 209 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 90%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 328GB free Firmware: 20.01H20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 99 101 102 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 102 Mixed 68 SusWrite 101 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 69%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 707GB free Firmware: JKAOA20N SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 110 106 100 104 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 99 Write 83 Mixed 54.3 SusWrite 106 63% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA851U6AFR6N-UH Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G HMA851U6AFR6N-UH Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.9% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 22 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 20.6 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 87.3 46% 87.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 74%

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,686 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,258x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	478x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	301x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	490x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	397x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $350Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	181x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	151x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	119x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	126x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	124x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	97x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $776

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