Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.29% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	142% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '19 at 11:17
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (57^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-$241 712,312 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 (98^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 281 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 771 80% 645 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6323 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.29% Terrible	Lighting 7.53 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 7.41 6% 8.56 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 15.2 10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.29% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 201 207 211 194 208 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 1,010 Write 669 Mixed 516 SusWrite 214 133% 602 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 54.8 204% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 662 DQ Write 520 DQ Mixed 384 344% 522 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 144%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 0GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 386 Write 350 Mixed 347 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 31.9 100% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 42.8 DQ Mixed 70.8 60% 92.4 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 99%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 407GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 122 122 122 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 56.5 Write 126 Mixed 33 SusWrite 122 61% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 384% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 110%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 2TB 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 346GB free Firmware: 0143 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 40 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 36.3 Write 41 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 41.1 28% 38 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 20 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 20.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 104%

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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 $241Bench 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 $95Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	15x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $41Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	12x

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Value: 118% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $15	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