Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 20:54
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 132 2-Core 233 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 698 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 119 Parallax 108 97% 115 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 107 Splatting 105 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BP480G4 800GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 608GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 275 (03) Spinup time 134 131 6275 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9520 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8114 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 302 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 117827 (C2) HDA temperature 114 108 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 199 0	8.85% Terrible	Read 78.8 Write 83.8 Mixed 74.2 18% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.18 2% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.85% Great: 9%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 446GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1659 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1416 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 63 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 70 (F1) Unknown 99 99 436743749	76.7% Very good	Read 499 Write 404 Mixed 422 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 19.8 100% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 76.4 DQ Mixed 116 70% 74.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 134%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2229 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2177 (AA) Unknown 99 99 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 143 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4298179170 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 73 453705755 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 143 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 27 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 47279 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 158283 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 60 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 163 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 158283 (F2) Unknown 100 100 226547	76.9% Very good	Read 484 Write 460 Mixed 464 105% 469 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 17.1 91% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 87.3 DQ Mixed 15.4 24% 42.6 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 110%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 426GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 161 4875 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9720 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8063 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8687 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1682 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9720 (C2) HDA temperature 113 105 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.6% Above average	Read 97 Write 79.2 Mixed 77 63% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.4 108% 1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 65%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 327GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 164 4725 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10554 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10121 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9404 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1861 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10554 (C2) HDA temperature 114 100 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 49 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 85.1 Mixed 96.6 71% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.49 115% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 23 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.4 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 88%

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Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	18x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $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 $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