Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.2% 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	89.8% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '17 at 18:27
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$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 above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 710 77% 609 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 22.20.16.4749 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.91% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8 7% 9.36 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.6 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.91% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 120 Parallax 101 92% 111 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 102 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Galax GXTA1C0240A 240GB 380 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4647 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 993 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 293 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1900610 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 126 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13468	89.8% Excellent	Read 522 Write 470 Mixed 485 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 12.5 90% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 12.3 96% 220 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 41316280 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1447 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20308689 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4553 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 991 (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 64 49 606273572 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 47260 (C2) HDA temperature 36 51 94489280548 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -81265076205237 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11915448252 (F2) Unknown 100 253 100618960964	97.4% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 167 Mixed 160 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.24 87% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 113%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 812GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 38 Write 36.3 Mixed 11.4 34% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.15 50% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 506 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 26 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 27.4 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 118%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

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) $30	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