Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	152% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6 (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '17 at 23:43
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	PRI-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 785 77% 632 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2986) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Lighting 86.4 Reflection 90.5 Parallax 78.5 70% 85.2 fps	MRender 75.8 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 69 59% 72.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 387 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 700GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,934 Write 866 Mixed 923 272% 1,241 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 32.3 4K Mixed 11 67% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 59.5 DQ Mixed 31 27% 38.1 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 238%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 173GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 1,736 Write 903 Mixed 1,115 276% 1,251 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 16 92% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 51 55% 90.6 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 243%
WD Se 4TB-$104 2,519 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 146 11350 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1786 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1702 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1129 (10) Unknown 9 191 159911806540 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1722 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	79.9% Very good	Read 134 Write 144 Mixed 133 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 3.25 4K Mixed 0.26 127% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-8GVR 8394 99[2/7/4]199[F/T] 8394 99[2/7/4]191F 8394 99[2/7/4]191F 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	65.5% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 21.1 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 23.1 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 66%

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

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 60%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	188x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	73x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	25x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	18x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	26x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	15x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $41Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	12x

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Value: 122% - Outstanding

Total price: $432

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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