Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '17 at 09:03
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 810 87% 694 Pts	64-Core 810 50% 810 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2742 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 150 Parallax 126 121% 141 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 136 Splatting 102 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 97633196574164 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1389 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 152 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 37 47 77312491557 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 152 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 344793 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 58 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 93 93 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 344793 (F2) Unknown 100 100 483379 (F9) Unknown 100 100 31030	69% Good	Read 496 Write 129 Mixed 186 59% 270 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 21.1 122% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 11.1 39% 85.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$95 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 89882634 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 890 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 73014896 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -126263448565951 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 512 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 61 571998242 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 301 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7524 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 85899345954 (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 13580686591370 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15171684109 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18813093793	70.5% Very good	Read 132 Write 114 Mixed 110 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.19 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.14 36% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 105%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$29 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 361GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 67 (03) Spinup time 129 129 12896633009 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1982 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4999 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1375 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4335 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4335 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 193274708006 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	66.5% Good	Read 120 Write 112 Mixed 136 93% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.18 67% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 107%
Seagate Portable 320GB 786 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 85GB free, PID 2300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 34.4 Write 35.4 Mixed 32.5 44% 34.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.04 4K Write 0.08 4K Mixed 0.04 4% 0.05 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.2% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.6 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 110%

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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	188x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	73x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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 $76Bench 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 $42Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	12x

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Value: 122% - Outstanding

Total price: $432

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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