Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.8% 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	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160603
Uptime	24.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '17 at 14:12
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 219 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 428 58% 431 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 859F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.8% Very good	Lighting 95 Reflection 106 Parallax 91.7 77% 97.7 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 90.9 Splatting 93.2 76% 92.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2797 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 373 (64) Unknown 100 100 4154720 (65) Unknown 100 100 619808 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 1224 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1433 (B7) Unknown 97 97 14 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 100 150324772894 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 97 97 3 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7508 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3364 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5548 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9046 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	59.3% Above average	Read 468 Write 253 Mixed 260 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 9.31 75% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.5 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 8.49 30% 60.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 88%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 12GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5508438 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -21732534505309 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1424 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 139 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 78 38659817503 (C2) HDA temperature 31 78 38659817503 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5508438 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5508438 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5508438 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11852 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11133 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11133 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6659	57.2% Above average	Read 479 Write 138 Mixed 211 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 11.3 94% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 11.9 25% 47.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 87%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 20 (03) Spinup time 253 162 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3307 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1934 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 421637 (C2) HDA temperature 118 113 32 (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	67.1% Good	Read 118 Write 116 Mixed 104 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.18 73% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.8FAR 2x4GB 366 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.7% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 13.7 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 13.5 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 87%

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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 $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