Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.8% 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	83.3% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '17 at 15:56
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 642 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.70 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 114 Parallax 95.7 84% 104 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 101 82% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2741 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 313 (B1) Unknown 95 95 23 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 50 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 120 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6348655058	83.3% Excellent	Read 483 Write 274 Mixed 274 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 26.3 120% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 62.2 98% 194 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 15GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 114076784 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 282 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18703962 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2725 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 275 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 588578851 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16397 (C2) HDA temperature 35 46 64424509475 (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 53184580028262 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15494352616 (F2) Unknown 100 253 117070927443	99.1% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 161 Mixed 169 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 11GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186913700 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18776 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 180016736 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7497 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2421 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BC) Unknown 100 97 8590065739 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 52 605421604 (C2) HDA temperature 36 48 60129542180 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 30 186913700 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -129793911671745 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3414572183 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3023163674	39.8% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 72.2 Mixed 71.8 53% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 13.7 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 87%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

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	306x

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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 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 $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