Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 14 '17 at 18:18
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 572 76% 567 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 76.4 Parallax 66.1 65% 74 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 70.9 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
128gb SATA FLASH DRIVE 128GB 178 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: SFPS855A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1985 (A0) Unknown 100 100 139 (A1) Unknown 100 100 140 (A2) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 392 (A4) Unknown 100 100 0 (A5) Unknown 100 100 286	55.3% Above average	Read 508 Write 245 Mixed 329 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 7.55 54% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 99.2 DQ Mixed 22.4 39% 76.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 80%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 303GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 1 1 101667 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 48 8949 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13377 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14574 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8906 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1855 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 40 279173595171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 98 73 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 80 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1278 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 5 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 19905	56% Above average	Read 76.4 Write 119 Mixed 83.3 70% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.48 116% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 189GB free Firmware: CC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155543416 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4783 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 57 50 60137050963 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36164 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2987 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 505085980 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1455 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13161 (C2) HDA temperature 28 50 51539607580 (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 40621800686074 (F1) Unknown 100 253 56372231648615 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -48021942526702	75.5% Very good	Read 125 Write 138 Mixed 116 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.28 95% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 112%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 73GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 259 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 86 83 4458 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9194 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6220 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 150 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7852 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1305 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 45 244813922335 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 41207 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 150 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 155102	37.6% Below average	Read 66.6 Write 64.3 Mixed 64.6 49% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.2 63% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 59%
MB0500EBNCR 500GB 887 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 43GB free Firmware: HPG0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 245 (03) Spinup time 172 170 2375 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9928 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33035 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5905 (B4) Unknown 200 200 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 6 (BC) Unknown 100 2 25770262749 (BE) vendor-specific 69 37 31 (C0) Power-off retract count 195 195 4430 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5497 (C2) HDA temperature 112 80 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (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	45.1% Average	Read 80.5 Write 76.2 Mixed 72.6 58% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.47 129% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 78%
MB0500EBNCR 500GB 887 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 43GB free Firmware: HPG0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1228 (03) Spinup time 171 167 2425 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9718 (05) Reallocated sector count 198 198 64 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28371 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5796 (B4) Unknown 200 200 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4295163912 (BE) vendor-specific 66 32 34 (C0) Power-off retract count 195 195 4354 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5363 (C2) HDA temperature 109 75 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 4	61.5% Good	Read 120 Write 94.4 Mixed 97 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.36 104% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 78%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 931GB free, PID 50a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 101 Write 105 Mixed 89.2 126% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.35 89% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2240 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.6% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 14 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 16 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 88%

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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	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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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