Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (60%). 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	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '17 at 16:49
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	60%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 590 60% 484 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69% Good	Lighting 93.5 Reflection 89.5 Parallax 83.4 76% 88.8 fps	MRender 57 Gravity 89.3 Splatting 57.8 55% 68.1 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1591 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 396 (B1) Unknown 98 98 10 (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 58 52 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 172 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2743246003	83% Excellent	Read 490 Write 273 Mixed 274 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 26.4 120% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 54.3 91% 180 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 633GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 2100 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4746 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13517 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3150 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 238 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4507 (C2) HDA temperature 107 98 36 (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	92.2% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 163 Mixed 144 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.34 105% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 432GB free Firmware: HP64 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 86100308 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4035 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 4512592147 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5214 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3012 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2862054 (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 68 47 554958880 (C2) HDA temperature 32 53 51539607584 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 23 86100308 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	64.6% Good	Read 106 Write 119 Mixed 102 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.46 109% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	68.1% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22.6 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 110%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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