Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.9% 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	204% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '18 at 21:31
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (58^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% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 253 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 700 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 102 91% 110 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 93 79% 96.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 322GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,702 Write 1,160 Mixed 1,272 306% 1,378 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 52.5 181% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 97.5 100% 164 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 259%
Toshiba MD04ACA600 6TB-$250 686 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 10316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4844 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 5056 (0A) Spinup retry count 196 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 647 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6299 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 188979347484 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 95 95 2340 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 199 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	88.4% Excellent	Read 170 Write 138 Mixed 164 119% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.23 106% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 112%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 145 9425 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6248 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22429 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1660 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 526 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 168 168 98879 (C2) HDA temperature 125 100 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 14 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.8% Above average	Read 89.1 Write 94.9 Mixed 63.1 61% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.17 64% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 83%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 385GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8873 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5611 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 9685 (0A) Spinup retry count 212 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1220 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 34 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 10477 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 188979544095 (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 200 253 10829 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 91 91 3682 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 210 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	69.9% Good	Read 118 Write 126 Mixed 121 92% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.21 101% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD824A.M16FB 2x16GB 270 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 25.6 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 88%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,082x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	649x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	308x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	380x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	248x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	243x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	132x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16