Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.4% 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	79.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '17 at 18:08
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 245 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 700 67% 555 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% 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: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 119 Parallax 97.6 98% 112 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 106 Splatting 105 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
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 below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1780 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1507 (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 69 63 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 74 (F1) Unknown 99 99 563163262	103% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 404 Mixed 419 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 39.9 144% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 116 143% 253 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
Intel SSDSC2BP480G4 800GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 555GB 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 134 131 6275 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9610 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8916 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8204 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 311 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 160 160 120662 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 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 200 199 0	6.87% Terrible	Read 64.7 Write 61.2 Mixed 62.7 14% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.2 2% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.87% Great: 9%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2350 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2267 (AA) Unknown 99 99 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 152 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4304405097 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 73 453509147 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 152 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 27 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 47279 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 176035 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 39 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 144 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 176035 (F2) Unknown 100 100 244657	79.1% Very good	Read 494 Write 469 Mixed 487 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 16.1 95% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25.7 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 15.7 27% 48.9 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 110%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 338GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 161 4900 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9810 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8183 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8777 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1691 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9810 (C2) HDA temperature 113 105 34 (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	46.7% Average	Read 64.1 Write 98.3 Mixed 90.2 64% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.23 95% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 65%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 336GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 164 4750 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10644 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10242 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9494 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1870 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10644 (C2) HDA temperature 114 100 33 (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	62.4% Good	Read 119 Write 98.4 Mixed 100 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.33 102% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.4% 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 @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 21.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 17 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.9% 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