Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.6% 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	84.2% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '17 at 06:06
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 70 1-Core 101 2-Core 221 71% 131 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 401 53% 398 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.6% Below average	Lighting 39.7 Reflection 37.5 Parallax 35 32% 37.4 fps	MRender 32.8 Gravity 35.9 Splatting 31.6 27% 33.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11943 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 171 (B1) Unknown 95 95 102 (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 61 55 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 65 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32711149872	84.2% Excellent	Read 504 Write 396 Mixed 406 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 22.8 126% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 41.6 DQ Write 85.9 DQ Mixed 21.8 28% 49.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 124%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 368GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 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 172 170 2391 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12984 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17204 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2251 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 599 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 144 144 168553 (C2) HDA temperature 115 95 32 (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	70.2% Very good	Read 125 Write 120 Mixed 114 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.25 84% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 199GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 168867866 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4303 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15180761 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11904 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 148 (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 65 58 672661539 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4751 (C2) HDA temperature 35 17 73014444067 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 168867866 (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 39041252728028 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4249334918 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3795429066	71.9% Very good	Read 130 Write 121 Mixed 139 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.25 74% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 4,421 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	68.2% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 23.1 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 80%

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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 $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 $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