Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.8% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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	20.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160603
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '16 at 11:45
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 604 62% 503 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% PNY(196E 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62.3% Good	Lighting 79.7 Reflection 82.2 Parallax 71.8 65% 77.9 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 65 57% 70.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 512GB-$209 3,350 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0919A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st 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 80 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 69 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 49 (A3) Unknown 100 100 41 (A4) Unknown 100 100 5767 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 5 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 44625 (F2) Unknown 100 100 31993 (F5) Unknown 100 100 92272	97.8% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 432 Mixed 466 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 31.8 132% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 62.7 100% 191 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 201GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 63 20944539 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 179 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1801106 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 344 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 67 521666591 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 179 (C2) HDA temperature 31 23 98784247839 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 1 20944539 (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 64428804407613 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1792954732 (F2) Unknown 100 253 396019660	77.7% Very good	Read 134 Write 137 Mixed 113 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.33 105% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 113%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 89GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 38.6 Write 26.1 Mixed 26.9 37% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.M8FB 4x8GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.5 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 98%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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	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 $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 $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