Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.7% 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	48.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 21:55
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 79.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 220 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 440 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2251 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 127 Parallax 101 84% 110 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 103 Splatting 93.4 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 382 Write 127 Mixed 101 44% 204 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 8.59 77% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 30.8 39% 64.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 33GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 989 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 14 (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 68 52 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1063058573	102% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 410 Mixed 410 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 28.3 148% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 119 139% 242 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 306GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 123791688 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2443 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10868864 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13837 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 748 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 572325918 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30839 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 42949672990 (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 101039105645690 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18635342753 (F2) Unknown 100 253 51020936595	74.7% Very good	Read 138 Write 122 Mixed 113 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.17 64% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 268GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 221399632 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11206 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 30146393212 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 43865 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1883 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 1245209 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 42 116637433890 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 799 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 3 3 195049 (C2) HDA temperature 34 58 -140737488355294 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 28 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 2366527000091 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -114558306916495 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -35002508522128	64.7% Good	Read 107 Write 119 Mixed 99.9 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.31 88% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 14,232 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 137GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	Read 99.1 Write 16.8 Mixed 24.8 44% 46.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.17 62% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TS512MLH64V1H TS512MLH64V1H TS1GLH64V1H TS512MLH64V1H 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62.7% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 21 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 18.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 75%

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

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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) $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