Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


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 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.6% 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	77.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	18.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 28 '17 at 14:19
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	12%

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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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 506 68% 506 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1342 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Lighting 65.7 Reflection 67 Parallax 88.2 54% 73.6 fps	MRender 68.9 Gravity 64.2 Splatting 56.1 51% 63.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 960GB-$109 1,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 98GB free Firmware: O1126A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd 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 100 100 119 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 520 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 414 (A3) Unknown 100 100 63 (A4) Unknown 100 100 24368 (A5) Unknown 100 100 11 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 6 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (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 28 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (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 97794 (F2) Unknown 100 100 124162 (F5) Unknown 100 100 194944	53.4% Above average	Read 440 Write 256 Mixed 251 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 22.6 4K Mixed 13.8 58% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 78.8 DQ Write 39.4 DQ Mixed 21.7 26% 46.6 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB 3,551 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12907 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 799 (B1) Unknown 93 93 132 (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 62 49 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 61 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28441807474	77.8% Very good	Read 516 Write 417 Mixed 420 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 35.8 4K Mixed 24.1 93% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 83.1 DQ Write 64.3 DQ Mixed 33.6 36% 60.3 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 218075464 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1778 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17410951 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 828 (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 68 60 555024416 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 245 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 48499 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 64424509472 (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 -59828894419338 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14900070513 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18061365948	94.4% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 160 Mixed 149 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.33 96% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 582GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84670712 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 853 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4177606 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8218 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 492 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 622067746 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16777 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 81604378658 (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 111536005714999 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8853302303 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6260329117	77.5% Very good	Read 141 Write 129 Mixed 128 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.2 81% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C15D4/8G KHX2666C15D4/4G KHX2666C15D4/8G KHX2666C15D4/4G 24GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.7% Below average	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 10.3 28% 9.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 5.1 20% 7.13 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 106%

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Gaming 69%

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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 $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	112x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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