Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.2% 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	51.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '18 at 23:54
Run Duration	347 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 (97^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 243 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 463 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.2% Below average	Lighting 44.2 Reflection 43.7 Parallax 37.9 36% 41.9 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 40 Splatting 35 31% 37.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1471 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 859 (A5) Unknown 100 100 154655261133 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 20 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 20 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 36 154619871259 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2280645722643 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1419 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4817 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3706 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4397 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	51.8% Above average	Read 450 Write 243 Mixed 248 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 7.01 62% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 17.9 DQ Write 39 DQ Mixed 48.1 31% 35 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 101%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 136 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 867 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1516 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 858 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 846 (C2) HDA temperature 118 107 25 (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	83.1% Excellent	Read 140 Write 149 Mixed 130 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.22 101% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 85%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 356GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 25.3 Mixed 14.7 29% 24.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.16 47% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 43%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 228GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	24% Poor	Read 2.8 Write 83.8 Mixed 81 89% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.22 67% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 43%
SanDisk Cruzer Switch 8GB 4,031 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5572 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 19.6 Write 6.96 Mixed 9.61 13% 12 MB/s	4K Read 5.61 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 1.2 113% 2.78 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x8GB-$25 19,648 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	43.1% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 12.5 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 47%

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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	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 $274	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 $183	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