Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.1% 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	102% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

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Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '19 at 00:22
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 225 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 430 58% 430 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 341B) CLim: 1268 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.8.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Lighting 62.5 Reflection 65.1 Parallax 88.2 51% 71.9 fps	MRender 64.9 Gravity 61.3 Splatting 53.8 48% 60 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX930 120GB-$229 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.9SE SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 194 157 159 159 157 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 424 Mixed 354 SusWrite 181 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 54.4 183% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 181 171% 267 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 754GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 167 167 171 172 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 180 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 170 103% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 148% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 0420 DDR4 2400 2OZ 12GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2592, 2592 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49.3% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 14.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 64%

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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