Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.9% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 02:28
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 757 81% 643 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.6 87% 107 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 99.3 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0121AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1656 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 294 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 38 (A3) Unknown 100 100 208 (94) Unknown 100 100 146682 (95) Unknown 100 100 2146 (96) Unknown 100 100 2010 (97) Unknown 100 100 2125 (A4) Unknown 100 100 39175 (A5) Unknown 100 100 84 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36421895258137 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 221225 (F2) Unknown 100 100 178396 (F5) Unknown 100 100 231377 (F6) Unknown 100 100 293364 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	66.2% Good	Read 481 Write 254 Mixed 268 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 20.5 99% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 55.9 DQ Mixed 11.4 17% 31.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 92%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 277GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 162830808 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11747 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 364614412 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25874 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4238 (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 73 49 454492187 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 67 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 18 18 165842 (C2) HDA temperature 27 51 73014444059 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 162830808 (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 -124098785029723 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38183280 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2896435595	38.4% Below average	Read 100 Write 33.3 Mixed 92.6 58% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.55 4K Mixed 0.2 49% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 58%
Kingston DataTraveler 111 USB 3.0 32GB-$23 123 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 27GB free, PID 1693 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 78.9 Write 8.94 Mixed 13.5 29% 33.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.38 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.07 35% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.1 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 25.6 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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	113x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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