Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.9% 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	62.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160603
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '17 at 20:13
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 75.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 194 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 553 58% 463 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 102 Parallax 84.3 82% 95.8 fps	MRender 87.2 Gravity 93.9 Splatting 95 76% 92.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SBBU240G1122 240GB 2,683 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3106000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3495 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 324 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9255870991580 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 20 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 51 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 41 253403070510 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4711590069321 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2795 (EA) Unknown 100 100 30933 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7635 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7483 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	62.3% Good	Read 483 Write 243 Mixed 354 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 0.78 67% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 0.06 64% 154 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 66%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 88GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 129 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 22 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 52 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 487707167	99.1% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 391 Mixed 407 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 44.1 158% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 42.1 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 115 97% 133 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 221GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 2400 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 394 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3661 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 292 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11105 (C2) HDA temperature 107 92 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	79.3% Very good	Read 135 Write 141 Mixed 138 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.3 100% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 109%
WD My Book 25EE 6TB 6,646 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 155 Write 155 Mixed 115 178% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 0.28 107% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 C15 Series 2x16GB 944 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.4% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 22 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 16.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 88.8 45% 88.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 86%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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