Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.59% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	95.7% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '16 at 17:23
Run Duration	496 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 706 68% 562 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4380 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.59% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 6.84 6% 8.04 fps	MRender 8.95 Gravity 6.07 Splatting 14.4 8% 9.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.59% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 128GB-$106 3,356 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.08 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th 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 62 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 256 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 153 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 11778 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 800 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 153 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1472 (F1) Unknown 100 100 31364 (F2) Unknown 100 100 41266	95.7% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 322 Mixed 373 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 34.7 143% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 82.2 120% 224 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 100%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 241 164 2941 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1741 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2321 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 816 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 205 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26851 (C2) HDA temperature 122 105 28 (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 31 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.5% Average	Read 84.5 Write 70.7 Mixed 70.5 57% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.17 56% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 67%
TS2GJFV10 2GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 0163 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	3.82% Terrible	Read 12.2 Write 2.22 Mixed 3.8 6% 6.08 MB/s	4K Read 6.29 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 25% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.82% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 26.1 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.6 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 91%

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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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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