Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.16% 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151020
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '16 at 12:30
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 708 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% 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. 20.19.15.4463 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.16% Terrible	Lighting 7.57 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 7.62 6% 8.67 fps	MRender 9.43 Gravity 6.7 Splatting 15.3 9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.16% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 876 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 230 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 68 65 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 182 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2641431117
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 90GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 206920475 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8876 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 146812748 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10611 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1088 (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 75 51 421003289 (C2) HDA temperature 25 49 30064771097 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 28 206920475 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	58.6% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 105 Mixed 98 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.47 105% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 60%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 47GB free Firmware: 10.01E03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 165 162 2733 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 319 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 316 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 29 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 29 (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	32.5% Below average	Read 55.1 Write 57.6 Mixed 56.6 43% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.44 110% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 33%
Maxtor STM3160215AS 160GB 8,567 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 10GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 87 82491368 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10562 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 340856166 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15833 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7424 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 488243229 (C2) HDA temperature 29 51 47244640285 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 86 57 214859689 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	23.5% Poor	Read 41 Write 40.7 Mixed 38.6 30% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.45 101% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB 693 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.3% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 21.1 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 22 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 106%

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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 $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	113x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16