Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.9% 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	120% 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.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '17 at 00:23
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing as expected (43^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 below expectations (10^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 92.1 2-Core 212 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 424 45% 361 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2992) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 114 Parallax 103 84% 107 fps	MRender 89.4 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 90 75% 92.1 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 871GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3607 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 616 (B1) Unknown 99 99 34 (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 73 61 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 59756581500	120% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 496 Mixed 515 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 48.7 172% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 161 172% 287 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 797GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3712 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 656 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 77 59 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 40 (EB) Unknown 99 99 157 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3251441126	80.7% Excellent	Read 507 Write 112 Mixed 175 57% 265 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 27.5 135% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 91.9 126% 235 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 126%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 150240136 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1332 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2635601 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3328 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 614 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 60 370278422 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2090 (C2) HDA temperature 22 40 55834574870 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -117583319660852 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5260773206 (F2) Unknown 100 253 792098427366	67.7% Good	Read 99.7 Write 135 Mixed 118 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.75 211% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 900GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 125570352 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 936 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 55947756 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4269 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 739 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 61 470876187 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 360 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23129 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 55834574875 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -97311074021073 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25312224976 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30964853841	58.8% Above average	Read 87.1 Write 117 Mixed 91.9 74% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 5.31 4K Mixed 0.4 161% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 101%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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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 $230Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	26x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	15x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $41Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	12x

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Value: 119% - Outstanding

Total price: $445

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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