Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.8% 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	74.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 07:25
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 704 73% 586 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 36CA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Lighting 23.6 Reflection 17.9 Parallax 20.8 19% 20.8 fps	MRender 25.4 Gravity 24.2 Splatting 17.5 18% 22.4 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon IT LCS-256L9S 256GB 909 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: HC82202 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2795 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 90389 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1440 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 50 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11298 (F1) Unknown 100 100 395107 (F2) Unknown 100 100 258912	74.2% Very good	Read 464 Write 404 Mixed 430 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 46.8 4K Mixed 18.6 87% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 74.1 DQ Mixed 43.1 50% 87.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 95%
Samsung HD204UI 4TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: FL1A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 12287 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1999 (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 89 89 4738 (0A) Spinup retry count 136 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1326 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2242 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 176094707739 (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 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 89 89 4403 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 108 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	72.7% Very good	Read 132 Write 121 Mixed 122 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.64 151% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128142776 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3485 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2964114 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2264 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 139 (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 75 58 421003289 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6869 (C2) HDA temperature 25 42 77309411353 (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 -6425271074209 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8554319868 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10274721107	99.8% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 161 Mixed 157 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.19 68% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.7% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 20.3 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 22.8 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 107%

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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	1,086x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	651x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	311x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	382x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	249x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	245x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	133x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	70x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16