Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	12.2 Days
Run Date	May 11 '17 at 23:42
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Memory 71.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 207 70% 127 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 416 47% 366 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 85%

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. 20.19.15.4568 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.89% Terrible	Lighting 4.77 Reflection 6.85 Parallax 6.53 4% 6.05 fps	MRender 3.24 Gravity 6.13 Splatting 13.4 7% 7.59 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.89% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4191 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 890 (B1) Unknown 92 92 37 (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 62 46 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 71 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8722854087	79.7% Very good	Read 459 Write 253 Mixed 267 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 51.9 4K Mixed 25.8 118% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 62.6 94% 182 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 366GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1341 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 888 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3030 (C2) HDA temperature 109 99 34 (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	89.1% Excellent	Read 157 Write 154 Mixed 134 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.34 107% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 1x8GB 4,896 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	26.3% Poor	MC Read 7.7 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 8.1 25% 8.73 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 8.3 21% 7.47 GB/s	Latency 98.6 41% 98.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 52%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	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 $40Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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