Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.2% 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	49.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '16 at 21:23
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 (99^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 708 76% 606 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3081) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1025.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Lighting 64.2 Reflection 57.8 Parallax 76 52% 66 fps	MRender 58.2 Gravity 52.7 Splatting 74.3 52% 61.7 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 116GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 88 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 51 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 69 59 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 362971139	115% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 409 Mixed 423 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 47.9 181% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 124 143% 248 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4597864 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 52553219837456 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1956 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 372 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4597864 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4597864 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4597864 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6403 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6999 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6999 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7255	49.6% Average	Read 190 Write 109 Mixed 120 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 13.4 105% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 32.7 48% 88.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 61%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 719GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 4291 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2605 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2327 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 404 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2200 (C2) HDA temperature 118 103 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76% Very good	Read 152 Write 113 Mixed 112 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.31 113% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 76%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 198GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 45 (03) Spinup time 130 123 4466 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4790 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10696 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4201 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 684 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4790 (C2) HDA temperature 114 88 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.6% Above average	Read 101 Write 99.8 Mixed 101 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.33 97% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.7 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 25.1 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	645x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	307x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	380x
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 $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