Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.4% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '17 at 22:25
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 233 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 655 68% 545 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3775) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 78.1 Parallax 71.5 65% 76.5 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 67.5 Splatting 71.9 57% 69.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV1-8B256 256GB 8,101 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: G881201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 100 100 157 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 924 (B1) Unknown 100 100 39383 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 18 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 68 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 105646 (F2) Unknown 100 100 76786	94.4% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 337 Mixed 409 93% 420 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 40.6 152% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.2 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 23.6 54% 104 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 98%
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 as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 170895464 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 237 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 12954811638 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10894 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 217 (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 538968096 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31713 (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 -9277129351358 (F1) Unknown 100 253 56863805176 (F2) Unknown 100 253 132755845866	80.2% Excellent	Read 151 Write 129 Mixed 131 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.15 73% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 96%
SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1.5TB free, PID 1053 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 107 Write 117 Mixed 101 141% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.41 99% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 56%
SAMSUNG HD502HJ 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 430GB free, PID 1053 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 132 Write 141 Mixed 109 163% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 3.05 4K Mixed 0.49 123% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.4% 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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 25.9 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 23.5 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 83%

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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