Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.5% 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	45.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6 (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 16:06
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (40^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 83.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 242 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 584 63% 499 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2487) CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (117 fps cap detected)	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 117 Parallax 117 95% 117 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 117 Splatting 117 96% 117 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 44 35 28 30 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 310 Write 32.5 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 32.7 24% 110 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 30.2 4K Mixed 16.1 77% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 38.8 DQ Mixed 46 68% 136 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 188GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 294 293 295 295 295 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 448 Mixed 366 SusWrite 304 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 51.4 177% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 163GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 410 425 443 366 332 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 435 Mixed 390 SusWrite 391 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 54.1 180% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 131GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1270 1034 931 801 691 619 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,124 Write 1,921 Mixed 1430 SusWrite 891 356% 1,591 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 71.1 238% 85.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,323 DQ Write 1,082 DQ Mixed 1,213 905% 1,206 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 372%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 141 145 143 141 143 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 153 Write 152 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 143 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 671GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 138 139 142 141 141 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 151 Write 151 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 140 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 28.4 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 20.7 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.9% 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	188x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	73x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $92Bench 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: 119% - Outstanding

Total price: $447

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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