Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive189% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
7 years ago, 7 years ago.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6  (all builds)
Memory28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160310
Uptime1.9 Days
Run DateDec 30 '16 at 23:57
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
88.8% Excellent
Memory 91
1-Core 127
2-Core 254
88% 157 Pts
4-Core 466
8-Core 708
73% 587 Pts
64-Core 707
44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 88.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.19
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 142
Reflection 152
Parallax 128
116% 141 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 135
Splatting 110
98% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250
8GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
189% Outstanding
Read 2,011
Write 557
Mixed 759
241% 1,109 MB/s
4K Read 47.2
4K Write 150
4K Mixed 40.1
202% 78.9 MB/s
DQ Read 474
DQ Write 189
DQ Mixed 149
158% 271 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 189%
Great: 243%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
645GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
94.7% Outstanding
Read 169
Write 161
Mixed 152
121% 161 MB/s
4K Read 1.21
4K Write 2.41
4K Mixed 0.35
134% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 94.7%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$117
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.8% Very good
MC Read 25
MC Write 27
MC Mixed 21.5
70% 24.5 GB/s
SC Read 17.4
SC Write 28.3
SC Mixed 23.9
66% 23.2 GB/s
Latency 65.8
61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 70.8%
Great: 113%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 6 Builds (Compare 357 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 119% - Outstanding Total price: $447
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