Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '17 at 07:20
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 235 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 656 71% 563 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 48.7 Reflection 46.3 Parallax 40.5 40% 45.2 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 41.8 Splatting 37 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNTE256HMHP-000L2 256GB 1,123 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT26L0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8102 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 390 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 48 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4428 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 36 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 199 199 940 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 32 (EC) Unknown 99 99 21 (ED) Unknown 99 99 48 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0	85% Excellent	Read 511 Write 259 Mixed 328 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 16.2 124% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 15 89% 207 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$49 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 121714080 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 220 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 12949537102 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9282 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 200 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65539 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 51 589037600 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26188 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 68719476768 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -115216792675729 (F1) Unknown 100 253 53597639338 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30041647733	97.5% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 154 Mixed 150 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.18 82% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 96%
SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2TB free, PID 1053 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 120 Write 142 Mixed 127 171% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.41 93% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 56%
SAMSUNG HD502HJ 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1GB free, PID 1053 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 96.8 Write 96.5 Mixed 98.2 126% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.36 89% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 21,822 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.2 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 22.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 83%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,092x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	652x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	315x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	250x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	134x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	70x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $762

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16