Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	87% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	16.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 02:02
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 148 2-Core 286 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 765 76% 618 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.24 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 141 Reflection 158 Parallax 157 115% 152 fps	Gravity 150 Splatting 105 110% 127 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-256M7VG 256GB 557 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 44GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^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 12618 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 384 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 29 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 38648 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 912 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7095 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2365 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10073	96.8% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 352 Mixed 362 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 57.9 4K Mixed 35 137% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 93.6 123% 227 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 101%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-820 240GB 5,703 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^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 4702 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 609 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 73 (B1) Unknown 0 0 458 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 598793 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 99 (E7) Temperature 97 100 38 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1 (EA) Unknown 0 0 156 (F1) Unknown 0 0 30979 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12506	87% Excellent	Read 424 Write 285 Mixed 338 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 33.1 133% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 65.4 106% 203 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 284GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 166 6141 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9032 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16393 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5699 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 26 26 524983 (C2) HDA temperature 111 80 36 (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 18740 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.7% Average	Read 74.4 Write 73.9 Mixed 88.1 60% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.32 94% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 54%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 20GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 137 Write 56.1 Mixed 63.6 94% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.87 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.97 126% 3.28 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GBF1X04LEEE35-12-K 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 01BA 4GBF1X04LEEE35-12-K 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 24GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns

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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	1,078x
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