Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% 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 Drive	86.1% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6 (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	6.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '20 at 03:07
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 240 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 364 52% 383 Pts	64-Core 324 20% 324 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 182 Parallax 180 134% 176 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 158 Splatting 116 106% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 183 178 176 169 168 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 464 Write 236 Mixed 245 SusWrite 182 62% 282 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 35.3 137% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 232 198% 294 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 24GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 120 122 125 124 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 174 Write 164 Mixed 81 SusWrite 123 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 6GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 72 70 64 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 78.2 Write 78 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 71.8 51% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 169GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 112 114 114 114 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 112 Write 103 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 113 70% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 68%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 64GB 454 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 58GB free, PID 0cd1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 25 19 25 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 41.5 Write 39 Mixed 38 SusWrite 28.1 49% 36.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2.5 164% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 90%
SAMSUNG HD502HI 500GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 105GB free, PID 1018 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 39.3 Write 40.5 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 41.1 54% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.9% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 21.6 66% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 16.1 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 104%

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

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 $242Bench 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 $40Bench 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 $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