Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '21 at 01:07
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 230 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 605 67% 527 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	110% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 164 Parallax 156 117% 154 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 160 Splatting 108 103% 128 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 970 2TB 10,220 User benchmarks, average bench 331% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,676 Write 1,461 Mixed 965 303% 1,367 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 56 195% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 1,023 DQ Write 759 DQ Mixed 923 681% 902 MB/s
Poor: 221% Great: 431%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 525GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 170 178 179 171 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 143 Mixed 55 SusWrite 174 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 141% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.7% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 21 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 46: 6R 3G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
46%	52%	31	312	242	60	72.3"	1280 720	GSMC0A0 LG TV

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,624 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,220x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	474x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	483x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x
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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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