Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '17 at 10:49
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 206 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 399 53% 398 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 77.2 Parallax 66.2 63% 73.6 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 69.4 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 733 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 270 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 75 57 184684642329	57.1% Above average	Read 483 Write 263 Mixed 266 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 6.16 62% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 6.09 32% 66.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 99%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 89GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 175 6108 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1313 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1924 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1012 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 573 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1313 (C2) HDA temperature 128 79 22 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	30.7% Below average	Read 55.3 Write 51.2 Mixed 49.6 39% 52 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.31 92% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 69%
TDKMedia Trans-It Drive 8GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 0623 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	5.53% Terrible	Read 17.2 Write 6.76 Mixed 8.77 12% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.36 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.03 25% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.53% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 2x4GB 15,450 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 24.1 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 24.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 90%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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