Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.9% 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	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '17 at 17:30
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 691 69% 561 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 154 Parallax 133 118% 144 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 138 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 326GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^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 100 100 294 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 811 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 41 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 51 210454446110 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 15070426920 (F7) Unknown 100 100 472774045 (F8) Unknown 100 100 195777349 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3579 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	85.9% Excellent	Read 483 Write 327 Mixed 338 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 26.8 117% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 47.7 91% 186 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 104%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 500GB 3,334 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 235GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 55.2 Write 51.3 Mixed 55.7 41% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.22 66% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 88%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 192 4925 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5882 (05) Reallocated sector count 196 196 28 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 1 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17987 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4815 (BE) vendor-specific 60 32 40 (C2) HDA temperature 110 82 40 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 9 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	13.7% Very poor	Read 32.1 Write 15.5 Mixed 25.2 18% 24.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.35 70% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x16GB-$70 6,515 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 25.4 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 24.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 85%

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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