Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79% 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	115% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6 (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '17 at 22:31
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 710 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 107 Parallax 100 83% 103 fps	MRender 91.7 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 78.7 72% 88.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 87%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.73% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 7.94 7% 9.38 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 6.93 Splatting 16.6 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.73% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2679 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 560 (B1) Unknown 97 97 62 (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 61 46 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28597551558	115% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 415 Mixed 403 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 44.5 186% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 114 132% 227 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 676GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 166 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1093 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2665 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 558 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4453 (C2) HDA temperature 109 92 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	95.3% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 157 Mixed 121 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.34 113% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 109%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 377GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 52798256 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 319 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 8599339281 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1054 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 253 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 572588066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3691 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 51539607586 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 139556372349561 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7266667929 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21644532238	90.4% Outstanding	Read 139 Write 175 Mixed 129 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 5.27 4K Mixed 0.6 190% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FAD 2x16GB 390 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 24.6 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 23.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.1% 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	188x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $273	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 $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 $40	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