Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151016
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '18 at 20:20
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (47^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 94.5 2-Core 214 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 391 49% 373 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 36E1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1774 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Lighting 71.2 Reflection 69.4 Parallax 61.4 58% 67.3 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 58.3 52% 64.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6289 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1809 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 30 (AD) Unknown 100 100 172032183 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 566 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7484166	39.8% Below average	Read 410 Write 25.6 Mixed 168 43% 201 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 47.5 4K Mixed 4.7 67% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 84.5 DQ Write 59.7 DQ Mixed 1.51 20% 48.6 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 83%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 57GB free Firmware: 3.AAA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 91 219709330 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4943 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 415230896 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 39000 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2579 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 15529 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 49 655949863 (C2) HDA temperature 39 51 68719476775 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 79 58 174378849 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 11 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 11 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 37 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	44.9% Average	Read 89.2 Write 67.2 Mixed 73.7 58% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.27 69% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.6% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.6 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 18 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 79%

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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