Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	135% 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	92.5% 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 (16%). 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	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '21 at 00:59
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 62.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 231 75% 139 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 590 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% MSI(1462 3908) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	135% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 182 Parallax 173 160% 184 fps	MRender 170 Gravity 132 Splatting 122 113% 141 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 158%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8682 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.19% Terrible	Lighting 7.5 Reflection 6.2 Parallax 6.3 6% 6.67 fps	MRender 8.3 Gravity 5.7 Splatting 0.3 3% 4.77 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.19% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 210 57 53 56 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 415 Mixed 314 SusWrite 123 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 48.6 167% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 333 256% 350 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 123%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 205GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 111 112 112 111 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 126 Write 114 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 111 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 381GB free Firmware: HPH3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 197 194 194 193 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 141 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 194 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 121 33% 121 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 92%

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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	188x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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 $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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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