Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	166% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '17 at 22:58
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 675 70% 564 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 194 Parallax 173 141% 180 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 170 Splatting 124 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 480GB-$300 1,985 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 304GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 974 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 580 (64) Unknown 100 100 1916544 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 63 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 14 (B2) Unknown 100 100 27 (B4) Unknown 100 100 17998 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 42 100 223339348010 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 1 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6642 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6156 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6179 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 6491	166% Outstanding	Read 1,100 Write 1,105 Mixed 956 235% 1,054 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 18.9 132% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 427 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 18.1 112% 259 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 181%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 223GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th 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 3497 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2076 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 557 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3539043 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 343 (C2) HDA temperature 73 57 184684642331 (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 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 13055 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10361 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18814 (F4) Unknown 100 100 54 (F5) Unknown 100 100 99 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3723520	99.6% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 506 Mixed 514 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 13.9 115% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 14.3 100% 230 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 111%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 171GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th 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 3023 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1833 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 878 (AD) Unknown 100 100 589847 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1507337 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 328 (C2) HDA temperature 73 60 171799740443 (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 2425 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2238 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2639 (F4) Unknown 100 100 9 (F5) Unknown 100 100 23 (F6) Unknown 100 100 680832	99.6% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 502 Mixed 507 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 13.9 118% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 14.2 96% 223 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 111%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 4383 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 301 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 525 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 301 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2726 (C2) HDA temperature 120 117 27 (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	79.6% Very good	Read 137 Write 140 Mixed 138 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.28 110% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 84%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 502GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 4250 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1858 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3206 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1822 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 226 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27606 (C2) HDA temperature 119 104 28 (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	77.1% Very good	Read 137 Write 131 Mixed 131 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.18 97% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x16GB 4,083 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 24.2 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.8 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 85%

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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	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 $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 $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