Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.29% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	22.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '18 at 13:42
Run Duration	469 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^th 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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 615 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 4000 8,609 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 0780) 2GB CLim: 475 MHz, MLim: 702 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 377.83 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.29% Terrible	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 0.31 Parallax 0.16 0% 0.17 fps	MRender 15.7 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 0.09 4% 5.43 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 1.29% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 72 36 36 73 72 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 1,176 Write 597 Mixed 454 SusWrite 64.2 126% 573 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Mixed 2.6 91% 20.1 MB/s
Poor: 84% Great: 159%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 383GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 33 66 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 492 Write 473 Mixed 365 SusWrite 60.1 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 45.4 153% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 124%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 633GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 31 31 44 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 98 Write 84.7 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 36.6 46% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 81% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 781GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 30 53 30 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 170 Write 151 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 39.8 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 114%
WD Red Pro 4TB (2014)-$229 679 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2.5TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 41 18 44 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 156 Write 143 Mixed 89.8 SusWrite 29.4 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 216% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 101%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 845GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 19 35 26 18 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 38.7 Write 37.5 Mixed 29 SusWrite 24.3 43% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.9 141% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 59%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.8% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.1 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 21.9 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 119%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $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