Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6 (all builds)
Memory	18.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '22 at 22:05
Run Duration	316 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 231 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 594 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.09 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Lighting 91.7 Reflection 90.5 Parallax 84.5 75% 88.9 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 81.6 Splatting 73.7 71% 89.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 76%
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.9% Average	Lighting 64.3 Reflection 73.9 Parallax 85 52% 74.4 fps	MRender 64.4 Gravity 59.8 Splatting 44.9 45% 56.4 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 960GB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 376GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 280 220 192 182 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 987 Write 420 Mixed 424 SusWrite 235 114% 517 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 38.4 140% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 469 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 344 266% 369 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 155%
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 358GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 414 440 408 394 392 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 412 Mixed 409 SusWrite 403 94% 415 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 50.2 172% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 295 241% 343 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 123%
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 299GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 407 439 368 375 390 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 412 Mixed 402 SusWrite 392 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 48.2 168% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 295 241% 344 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 123%
TOSHIBA MD04ACA400 4TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 63 64 64 64 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 117 Write 119 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 63.1 121% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 166% 5.43 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 66%
WDC WD10 EZEX-00BN5A0 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 931GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 63 63 63 63 64 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 62.5 121% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 138% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 67%
WDC WD10 EALX-009BA0 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 894GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 1.1 0.4 0.5 0.5 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Read 110 Write 95.5 Mixed 65.1 SusWrite 1.1 83% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 106% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 41%
WDC WD20 03FZEX-00Z4SA0 2TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 870GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.2 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	26.1% Poor	Read 110 Write 106 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 0.3 89% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.2 154% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x8GB 1,605 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 22.7 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 114%

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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 $245Bench 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 $98Bench 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: $458

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16