Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '17 at 14:15
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (81^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 531 70% 528 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3696) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1787 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 81.5 Reflection 79.4 Parallax 78.6 66% 79.8 fps	MRender 80.4 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 65 59% 72.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14716954 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 127594888429619 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 3 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 47 64427589662 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 64427589662 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14716954 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14716954 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14716954 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 42949672960 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294963618 (EA) Unknown 0 0 153 (F1) Unknown 0 0 153 (F2) Unknown 0 0 141 (F4) Unknown 99 99 6553647	66.2% Good	Read 458 Write 175 Mixed 264 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 19.7 104% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 56.5 67% 115 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 85%
Toshiba MK1255GSX H 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 693GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 121 121 12897157311 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 914 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 108 108 37 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1851 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 914 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2766 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2766 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 197569544220 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	89.5% Excellent	Read 156 Write 156 Mixed 174 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.2 85% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-030.A00G 2x8GB 2,560 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.6 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 79%

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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	644x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	305x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	378x
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 $46

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