Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.6% 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 01 '18 at 01:20
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$130 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 222 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 448 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1518 MHz, MLim: 1815 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 68 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 63.2 55% 67.2 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 56.5 52% 64.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5527 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1173 (A5) Unknown 100 100 171879957583 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 63 (A9) Unknown 100 100 232 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 26 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 66 283468627997 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3363014378311 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6106 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11305 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8534 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10981 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	82.6% Excellent	Read 493 Write 323 Mixed 292 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 17.4 111% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 26.2 79% 174 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 101%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 25GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1696 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3999 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1170 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1659 (C2) HDA temperature 113 107 30 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	83% Excellent	Read 158 Write 131 Mixed 112 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.31 100% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 33 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 26.3 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 103%

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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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Desktop 91%

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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 $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 $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 $45Bench 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: 117% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16