Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	92.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	22.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	13.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 15:37
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 103 2-Core 211 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 402 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2956) 2GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Lighting 38.7 Reflection 35.4 Parallax 32 32% 35.4 fps	MRender 36.6 Gravity 34.1 Splatting 34 28% 34.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_FCCT256M550SSD1 256GB 139 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st 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 100 100 627 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 943 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 179 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 79 61 167504510997 (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 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 32195276730 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1014047443 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1972905099	92.3% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 464 Mixed 475 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 32.8 118% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 20.4 56% 110 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 113%
G-drive USB 4TB 230 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 3.5TB free Firmware: 2602 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 155 Write 42.8 Mixed 67 66% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.17 35% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 132%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 818GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 37.4 Write 33.3 Mixed 32.6 44% 34.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.08 4K Write 0.13 4K Mixed 0.06 7% 0.09 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-17-17 D4-3000 4x8GB 314 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 24.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 21 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 120%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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