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Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 215% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 179% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	267% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	207% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '24 at 06:41
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd 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-$127 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 230 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 617 63% 511 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4090-$1,802 37,290 User benchmarks, average bench 370% Gigabyte(1458 40BF) CLim: 3120 MHz, MLim: 5250 MHz, Ram: 22.5GB, Driver: 551.23 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	267% Outstanding	Lighting 361 Reflection 497 Parallax 644 294% 500 fps	MRender 477 Gravity 514 Splatting 285 334% 425 fps
Poor: 290% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 402%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 234GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 752 675 672 667 670 669 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,942 Write 1,642 Mixed 1,303 SusWrite 684 311% 1,393 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 57.5 179% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 839 DQ Write 581 DQ Mixed 741 545% 720 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 340%
WD Black SN850X M.2 4TB-$265 8,772 User benchmarks, average bench 522% 3.5TB free Firmware: 624361WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1930 2227 2228 2111 2107 2142 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	322% Outstanding	Read 2,047 Write 2,140 Mixed 1,804 SusWrite 2,124 458% 2,029 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 65 220% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,009 DQ Write 873 DQ Mixed 912 691% 931 MB/s
Poor: 288% ↑ This bench: 322% Great: 683%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.5% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.1 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 115%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	67	51	240	31.5"	1280 720	SAM7256 Odyssey G8

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 3,825 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,341x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	492x
Core i7-7700KIntel $166Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	316x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	513x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	408x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	203x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	189x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	157x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $69Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	123x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	134x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	129x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	100x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $721

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $82
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $370