Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 22 '16 at 01:14
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6300-$44 3,672 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 95.7 2-Core 166 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 233 8-Core 296 34% 264 Pts	64-Core 268 17% 268 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2951) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Lighting 38.5 Reflection 35.5 Parallax 31.5 31% 35.1 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 33.9 Splatting 33.7 28% 34.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 31669928 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 36422 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (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 71 69 521732125 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 40 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 94489280541 (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 78885664325639 (F1) Unknown 100 253 67949584 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8569839	111% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 195 Mixed 138 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.65 201% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 108%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" (32GB NAND) 1TB-$41 561 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 823GB free (System drive) Firmware: SD02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 179766208 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 527949 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (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 71 68 538443805 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 178 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 90194313245 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	67.5% Good	Read 116 Write 118 Mixed 111 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 5.13 4K Mixed 0.51 176% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 66%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 750GB-$125 23,438 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 340GB free Firmware: JA2OA710 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 168 100 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 134 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 558 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 134 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 371261472 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 72 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 851981 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4283 (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 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	55.9% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 99.6 Mixed 83.2 70% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.44 4K Mixed 0.17 49% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 57%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 226GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 190 2821 (03) Spinup time 176 174 6158 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4250 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4065 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1974 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4250 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 181 38515 (C8) Write error rate 198 197 145	37.4% Below average	Read 68.2 Write 61.8 Mixed 66.2 49% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.3 94% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 25.2 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 21.4 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 73.3 54% 73.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,078x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	645x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	305x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	379x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	247x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	243x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	132x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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