Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.6% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Цвета: 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160603
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	May 23 '18 at 08:36
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	KOR-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th 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)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 245 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 615 65% 522 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.9% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 139 Parallax 120 105% 129 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 127 Splatting 101 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12683 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 702 (B1) Unknown 95 95 91 (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 63 49 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 66295316832	96.6% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 399 Mixed 416 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 33.8 131% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 18.2 85% 192 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 683GB free Firmware: CC45 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 117 99 118557784 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2055 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 112404904 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15092 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1295 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 54 638844964 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 43815 (C2) HDA temperature 36 46 51539607588 (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 80925773804484 (F1) Unknown 100 253 72106189263 (F2) Unknown 100 253 327345144102	107% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 187 Mixed 177 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.19 86% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
Samsung HD320KJ 320GB 3,147 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 296GB free Firmware: CP100-13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5568 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9214 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 33524 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4534 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 243350 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 65730 (BC) Unknown 100 100 50 (BE) vendor-specific 72 57 28 (C2) HDA temperature 163 106 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 243350 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 272	47.9% Average	Read 81.6 Write 85 Mixed 87 64% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.45 108% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 45%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 177GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 138 132 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1539 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35702 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 782 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1537 (C2) HDA temperature 105 87 38 (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	53.9% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 90.6 Mixed 86.5 69% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.33 90% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 58%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 893GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 103 Write 68.3 Mixed 75.9 100% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.15 35% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 0215 CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 0215 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 0215 CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.5 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 74%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,086x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	651x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	312x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	382x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	249x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	245x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	133x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	70x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16