Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics86% 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 Drive29% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160311
Uptime5.5 Days
Run DateSep 26 '20 at 20:58
Run Duration120 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 46%
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 PC Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
75.1% Very good
Memory 84.2
1-Core 108
2-Core 198
75% 130 Pts
4-Core 356
8-Core 553
56% 454 Pts
64-Core 593
37% 593 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 75.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396
CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
86% Excellent
Lighting 109
Reflection 96
Parallax 104
89% 103 fps
MRender 181
Gravity 70.6
Splatting 61.3
80% 104 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 86%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0CR031
SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 203 84 156 130 236 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile)
29% Poor
Read 312
Write 290
Mixed 222
SusWrite 170
56% 248 MB/s
4K Read 8.9
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 4.2
21% 5.5 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 29%
Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
373GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 97 89 64 67 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
53.3% Above average
Read 105
Write 56
Mixed 29
SusWrite 81.3
49% 67.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.3
47% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 53.3%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
74.9% Very good
MC Read 30.4
MC Write 30
MC Mixed 24.7
81% 28.4 GB/s
SC Read 10.3
SC Write 19.4
SC Mixed 13.9
42% 14.5 GB/s
Latency 73.1
55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,624 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $655
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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