Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics5.85% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive82.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160311
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 10 '17 at 17:16
Run Duration85 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing above expectations (65th 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 above expectations (84th percentile)
86.1% Excellent
Memory 81.4
1-Core 133
2-Core 267
88% 161 Pts
4-Core 488
8-Core 709
75% 598 Pts
64-Core 708
44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
5.85% Terrible
Lighting 6.37
Reflection 8.5
Parallax 6.03
5% 6.97 fps
MRender 5.52
Gravity 5.73
Splatting 13
7% 8.07 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.85%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
ZTSSD-S10-240G-TB 240GB
133GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
82.2% Excellent
Read 516
Write 442
Mixed 478
107% 479 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 96
4K Mixed 12.5
111% 45.9 MB/s
DQ Read 30.2
DQ Write 109
DQ Mixed 12.6
26% 50.8 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 89%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
31.9% Below average
MC Read 10.6
MC Write 11.2
MC Mixed 9
29% 10.3 GB/s
SC Read 10
SC Write 10.3
SC Mixed 10.7
30% 10.3 GB/s
Latency 78
51% 78 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 31.9%
Great: 50%

 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 3,613 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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