Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	80% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6 (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151016
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '18 at 21:40
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 135 2-Core 271 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 532 67% 508 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 100GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13791 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2682 (B1) Unknown 94 94 61 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 70 49 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 447 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31482331599	89.4% Excellent	Read 502 Write 344 Mixed 353 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 23.4 124% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 80.7 111% 206 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 99GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13800 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2684 (B1) Unknown 95 95 58 (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 70 46 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 441 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30755506642	82.8% Excellent	Read 499 Write 254 Mixed 354 81% 369 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 23.1 120% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 74.4 109% 205 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 118%
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5819 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1317 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 317 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6750383 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 266 (C2) HDA temperature 69 56 188979347487 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (E9) Unknown 100 100 13488 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11784 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10324 (F4) Unknown 100 100 103 (F5) Unknown 100 100 175 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3559456	80% Very good	Read 514 Write 352 Mixed 458 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 12.3 106% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 12.3 57% 119 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 104%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 424GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7282 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3693 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 379 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6902 (C2) HDA temperature 112 93 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 200 200 0	73.5% Very good	Read 144 Write 112 Mixed 116 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.33 108% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2800 CL15 4GB 2x4GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.9% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 14.8 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 15 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 102%

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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 $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 $98Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	15x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $41Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	12x

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Value: 117% - Outstanding

Total price: $453

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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