Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '19 at 21:53
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 230 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 686 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 143 Parallax 154 127% 151 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 128 Splatting 105 109% 138 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 85 86 84 90 MB/s Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.7% Good	Read 250 Write 128 Mixed 176 SusWrite 87.4 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 33.4 136% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 93.4 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 104 80% 107 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 75%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 175GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 464 456 481 481 478 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 472 Mixed 398 SusWrite 468 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 62 211% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 349 264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 225GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 226 223 229 231 228 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 481 Mixed 334 SusWrite 253 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 58.8 201% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 333 256% 349 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.6% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 14.3 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 15.1 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 94%

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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) $30	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