Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 119% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.8%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	33.2% is a below average 3D score (GTX 1070 = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	229% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 02:37
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-6700K-$339 205,468 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	SC Int 135 SC Float 144 SC Mixed 139 112% 139 Pts	QC Int 443 QC Float 478 QC Mixed 465 105% 462 Pts	MC Int 702 MC Float 796 MC Mixed 755 112% 751 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$129 44,649 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 372E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Lighting 103 Reflection 64.1 Parallax 96 31% 87.8 fps	MRender 79.3 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 70.1 35% 81 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 37%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$116 105,921 User benchmarks, average bench 220% 103GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 2,445 Write 1,162 Mixed 1,362 364% 1,656 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 21.9 174% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 48 DQ Write 433 DQ Mixed 227 179% 236 MB/s
Poor: 166% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 262%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 5,495 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 65GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 129905580840572 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2031 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 126 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1228 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 46 77312426012 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 126 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 906 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2346060 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 49 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 93 93 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2346060 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2325166 (F9) Unknown 100 100 68914	85.3% Excellent	Read 480 Write 253 Mixed 291 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 23.3 136% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 29.8 81% 172 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$201 46,327 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled	73.3% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 20.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 23.1 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 109%

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Gaming 93%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 65%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $300

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $339Bench 91%, 205,468 samples	1,997x
Core i5-6600KIntel $222Bench 88%, 124,806 samples	1,437x
Core i7-6700Intel $299Bench 79%, 66,740 samples	373x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 99%, 295,686 samples	1,113x
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 63%, 263,122 samples	562x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $250Bench 71%, 268,939 samples	539x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $104Bench 94%, 310,365 samples	537x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $123Bench 95%, 230,460 samples	308x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $116Bench 220%, 105,921 samples	105x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $177Bench 84%, 76,909 samples	344x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $201Bench 89%, 46,327 samples	204x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $165Bench 72%, 23,467 samples	165x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,367

CPU	GPU	SSD
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $175	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
Intel Core i7-8700K $320	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $123
Intel Core i5-8600K $239	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $116

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $177	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $44
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $911	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $59	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $226	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12