Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.6% 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 Drive	86.3% 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.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '17 at 22:08
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 231 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 694 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 119 Parallax 96.8 96% 111 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 106 Splatting 105 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BP480G4 800GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 608GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 275 (03) Spinup time 136 131 6191 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9506 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8786 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8100 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 301 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 117562 (C2) HDA temperature 119 108 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 199 0	8.82% Terrible	Read 78.3 Write 83.8 Mixed 74.1 18% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.21 2% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.82% Great: 9%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 446GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1649 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1402 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 69 (F1) Unknown 99 99 421982746	111% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 402 Mixed 416 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 46.4 170% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 23.4 97% 220 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2219 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2163 (AA) Unknown 99 99 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 142 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4295754344 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 76 403505176 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 142 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 24 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 47279 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 157449 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 57 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 123 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 157449 (F2) Unknown 100 100 225366	86.3% Excellent	Read 490 Write 460 Mixed 490 107% 480 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 18.5 122% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 20.7 30% 53.7 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 110%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 426GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 161 4908 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9706 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8673 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1679 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9706 (C2) HDA temperature 117 105 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.1% Average	Read 86.2 Write 81.2 Mixed 92 65% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.48 120% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 65%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 327GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 164 4708 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10540 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10111 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9390 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1860 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10540 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 49 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.2% Above average	Read 101 Write 91 Mixed 75.8 67% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.44 117% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 23.5 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 25.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 88%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	189x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	73x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	25x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	18x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	26x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	15x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $42Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	12x

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Value: 117% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16