Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '16 at 00:23
Run Duration	87 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 138 2-Core 280 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 780 81% 653 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron GTX 120GB-$79 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: M312 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 138 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4048 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1219 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 152 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 152 (C2) HDA temperature 36 0 73017327652 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 96 96 5 (EA) Unknown 100 100 30371 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10637 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18413 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 296699	73.7% Very good	Read 465 Write 263 Mixed 283 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 26.3 120% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.3 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 15.2 27% 49.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 361GB free Firmware: HP64 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222603063 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1774 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 49 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 82086843 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6355 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1337 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2077032928 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 47245361163 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 505151518 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 55834574878 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 24 222603063 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 49 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	65.4% Good	Read 118 Write 110 Mixed 106 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.4 98% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 790 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 41.2 MC Write 44.4 MC Mixed 30.6 111% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 48.6 SC Mixed 32 99% 34.8 GB/s	Latency 47.3 85% 47.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

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Desktop 87%

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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	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