Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.2% 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	93.9% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '17 at 18:59
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 705 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% 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: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 120 Parallax 102 98% 114 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 105 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 445GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2423 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2100 (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 62 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 78 (F1) Unknown 99 99 665662772	78.1% Very good	Read 499 Write 406 Mixed 419 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 23.1 103% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 36.8 DQ Write 75.1 DQ Mixed 130 78% 80.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 134%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 380GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2988 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2860 (AA) Unknown 99 99 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 159 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4299752042 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 73 453902363 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 159 (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 212454 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 38 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 212454 (F2) Unknown 100 100 300492	93.9% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 466 Mixed 489 108% 486 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 61.7 4K Mixed 27.2 105% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 16.7 90% 205 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 110%
WD WD8000AARS-00Y5B1 800GB 1,154 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 465GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 275 (03) Spinup time 136 131 6183 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10204 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9550 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8796 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 318 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 155 155 136068 (C2) HDA temperature 112 106 35 (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	42% Average	Read 72.7 Write 73.6 Mixed 72.7 55% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.26 82% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 57%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 303GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 164 4741 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11239 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10878 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 10086 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1875 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11236 (C2) HDA temperature 110 100 37 (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	56.1% Above average	Read 108 Write 87.7 Mixed 82.2 69% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.5 126% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.1% 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 above expectations (85^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 22.6 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.5 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.3% 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	26x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16