Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6 (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '19 at 08:32
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 219 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 517 57% 452 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 131 Parallax 112 94% 120 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 114 Splatting 91.9 84% 104 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,379 Write 747 Mixed 574 197% 900 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 46.7 180% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 911 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 382 332% 513 MB/s
Poor: 131% Great: 243%
PNY SSD2SC120G1SA754D117-820 120GB 1,827 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 111GB free Firmware: N0530A SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 155 155 156 156 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 419 Write 156 Mixed 206 SusWrite 155 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 31.5 113% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 148 125% 184 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 83%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 756GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 126 128 128 128 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 131 Write 132 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 127 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 75%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 353GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 138 138 139 139 139 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 152 Write 130 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 138 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 108%
WD WD4002FFWX-68TZ4N0 4TB 829 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 197GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 143 157 146 163 146 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 108 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 152 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.6 208% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GB 785 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	66% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20.1 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 130%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

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 $250Bench 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 $76Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	15x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $41Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	12x

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Value: 122% - Outstanding

Total price: $432

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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