Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160603
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '16 at 03:52
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 452 60% 448 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.137.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Lighting 64.8 Reflection 65.8 Parallax 80.2 53% 70.3 fps	MRender 65.5 Gravity 63.5 Splatting 53.9 49% 61 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 60GB-$57 3,190 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 58 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 67 (A2) Unknown 73 73 51 (AA) Unknown 100 100 75 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327755 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 129 (F2) Unknown 100 100 104	32.9% Below average	Read 398 Write 20.6 Mixed 96.6 36% 172 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 2.93 51% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 21.9 DQ Write 50.5 DQ Mixed 2.66 12% 25 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 89%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 881GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 69 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 57 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 151 (C2) HDA temperature 108 103 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	102% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 177 Mixed 165 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.36 131% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 29GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 36.9 Write 10.5 Mixed 19.1 24% 22.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.76 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.83 99% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[2/7/4]199[F/T] 1x8GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	39.6% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 10.7 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 10.5 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 44%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

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 $179	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