Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96% 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	175% 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.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6 (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 18:13
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 88.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 791 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1664 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 125 Parallax 111 102% 121 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 110 Splatting 98.7 84% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$125 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,581 Write 555 Mixed 814 215% 983 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 49.1 184% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 513 DQ Write 444 DQ Mixed 173 213% 377 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 144%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 674GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 64481514 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2997 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 296065641 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15730 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2998 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 137441050710 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1130 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 471203868 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 55834574876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 15 64481514 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 24 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -86839943733986 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2522140261 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3446161130	65.9% Good	Read 115 Write 115 Mixed 104 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.38 89% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB-$65 2,716 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.3 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 24.5 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 81%

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	189x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	73x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	25x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $75Bench 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 $48Bench 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: 116% - Outstanding

Total price: $474

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16