Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.7% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	54.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151020
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '17 at 14:00
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	32%

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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 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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 670 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 116 Parallax 97.1 90% 107 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2033 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 230 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 665 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524328 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 71 65 150324838429 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2210 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1835 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1374 (F4) Unknown 100 100 8 (F5) Unknown 100 100 40 (F6) Unknown 100 100 581952	87.7% Excellent	Read 507 Write 496 Mixed 508 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 13.9 107% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30.2 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 12.7 50% 102 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 806GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 71139912 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 225 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15067089 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2029 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 225 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 66 504365085 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23703 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 47244640285 (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 -66692252171092 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10024340729 (F2) Unknown 100 253 153928451486	80.5% Excellent	Read 167 Write 114 Mixed 160 112% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.23 71% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 114%
148 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 3GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 41.7 Write 9.79 Mixed 15.6 23% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 8.84 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.63 86% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C14 4x16GB 245 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.2% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 22.7 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 129%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16