Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


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 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	80.5% 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	227% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '20 at 23:13
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	23%

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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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 252 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 703 63% 533 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 114 Parallax 101 80% 104 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$140 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1404 1116 589 592 592 591 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1,824 Write 1,551 Mixed 626 SusWrite 814 268% 1,204 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 55.4 195% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,094 DQ Write 897 DQ Mixed 823 664% 938 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 51GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 314 300 302 262 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 423 Mixed 404 SusWrite 295 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 59 201% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
WD Red Pro 6TB (2015)-$239 995 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 611GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 183 191 184 191 188 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 138 Write 146 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 187 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.5 146% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 122%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 178GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 94 94 94 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 72.1 Write 99.6 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 93.8 53% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.8 342% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 94%
Seagate M3 Portable 4TB 5,513 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 103 104 103 103 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 77.5 Write 88.7 Mixed 67.6 SusWrite 101 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.5 155% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 65%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 249GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 138GB free, PID 0743 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 85 86 86 85 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.4% Above average	Read 89 Write 81.7 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 85.4 112% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 10 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 8.4 561% 8.47 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 55%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -SD 64GB 270 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 23GB free, PID 0326 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.7 8.6 8.8 8.6 17 8.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	3.53% Terrible	Read 9 Write 7.8 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 10.1 12% 8.85 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 4% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 3.53% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$90 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	73.7% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 69.6 57% 69.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 113%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,257x
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 $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	181x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	150x
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: $783

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Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363