Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	9.23% 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	98.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '16 at 11:23
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 149 2-Core 297 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 577 77% 575 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6700 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 8% PwrHis(1787 200B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.152.1.8000 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	9.23% Terrible	Lighting 11.6 Reflection 9.08 Parallax 9.59 10% 10.1 fps	MRender 9.52 Gravity 8.4 Splatting 13.1 9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.23% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 1389 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17456 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 338 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 0 55838507040 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 26 (E7) Temperature 77 77 24 (EA) Unknown 100 100 320236 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7813 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2671 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 82067	98.4% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 433 Mixed 391 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 30.6 136% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 67.6 99% 187 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 95928960 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4044 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 4347408617 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29579 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 365 (B7) Unknown 89 89 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131334 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 4884398115 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18907 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 -140737488355293 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 116 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -88626650150244 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6720723249356 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5952793218742	90% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 160 Mixed 123 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.37 98% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 114%
Samsun HD501LJ 500GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 191GB free Firmware: CR10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5888 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4785 (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 12790 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 860 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 35 (C2) HDA temperature 133 118 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 219136 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	40.1% Average	Read 68.2 Write 71.4 Mixed 67.8 52% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.3 77% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 45%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 227GB free Firmware: 0002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 206615404 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2542 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 21832901471 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 43497 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1123 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BC) Unknown 100 98 21 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 30 47812081156126 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 16 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 24 24 153420 (C2) HDA temperature 30 70 64424509470 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 22 206615404 (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 40986872931865 (F1) Unknown 100 253 707979885 (F2) Unknown 100 253 669926025 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	40.7% Average	Read 71.8 Write 70 Mixed 67.1 52% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.43 94% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 36.2 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 44.9 SC Mixed 32.3 96% 33.5 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 111%

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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) $35	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