Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 13:08
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	BHR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 708 75% 597 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1528 MHz, MLim: 1770 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.2% Above average	Lighting 63.6 Reflection 70.6 Parallax 61.6 52% 65.3 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 62 Splatting 54.5 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mknssdtr 500GB 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1126A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^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 38 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 113 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 104 (A3) Unknown 100 100 16 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2805 (A5) Unknown 100 100 10 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 34204 (F2) Unknown 100 100 31443 (F5) Unknown 100 100 22440	79.5% Very good	Read 473 Write 250 Mixed 275 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 28.4 113% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 48.1 89% 181 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 82%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 170 3425 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 218 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 159 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 110 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3617 (C2) HDA temperature 118 110 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	41.7% Average	Read 72 Write 72.9 Mixed 72.1 54% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.2 87% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.3% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.4 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 23.6 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 105%

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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	306x

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 $40Bench 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 $40	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