Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	116% 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	196% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6 (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	May 23 '20 at 02:31
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	CRI-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 230 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 579 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 163 Parallax 157 128% 159 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 164 Splatting 110 105% 130 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 256GB 12,312 User benchmarks, average bench 215% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906I SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 255 256 258 258 256 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 2049 Write 925 Mixed 1,045 SusWrite 288 237% 1,077 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 62.9 230% 83.9 MB/s	DQ Read 816 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 291 294% 488 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 277%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 62GB free Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 939 Write 1108 Mixed 744 208% 930 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 41.1 133% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 941 DQ Write 774 DQ Mixed 515 479% 744 MB/s
Poor: 106% Great: 210%
Adata SU630 960GB 3,578 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 359GB free Firmware: R1210A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 396 415 434 432 417 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 401 Write 244 Mixed 357 SusWrite 408 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 25.5 112% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 42.9 90% 179 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 106%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 187 184 187 183 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 185 Mixed 42 SusWrite 185 108% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZR 029E CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZR 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 19.8 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 15.9 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 104%

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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 $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 $95Bench 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: 118% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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