Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.8% 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	28.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 03:29
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 77.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 209 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 402 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 126 Parallax 107 93% 116 fps	MRender 86.3 Gravity 112 Splatting 94.3 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6317 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1829 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 30 (AD) Unknown 100 100 172949688 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 568 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7532206	28.3% Poor	Read 284 Write 26.1 Mixed 34.6 24% 115 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 23.4 4K Mixed 4.47 50% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 41.3 DQ Mixed 3.55 11% 22.5 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 83%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 58GB free Firmware: 3.AAA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 91 48233022 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4962 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 415784529 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 39026 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2598 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 15529 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 49 656539687 (C2) HDA temperature 39 51 68719476775 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 81 58 126155817 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 11 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 11 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 37 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	50.8% Above average	Read 90.8 Write 86.2 Mixed 83.7 65% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.3 80% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.5% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 15.9 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 85.6 47% 85.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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