Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 03:28
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 768 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 199 Reflection 213 Parallax 216 162% 209 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 190 Splatting 131 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Visionte k 240GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 104GB free Firmware: 604A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4505935 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -59055800317846 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 356 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 26 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 57 73018179612 (C2) HDA temperature 28 57 73018179612 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4505935 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4505935 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4505935 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 21474836480 (E9) Unknown 0 0 343 (EA) Unknown 0 0 304 (F1) Unknown 0 0 304 (F2) Unknown 0 0 304	72% Very good	Read 507 Write 255 Mixed 329 80% 364 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 12.5 112% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 84.7 DQ Mixed 38.1 45% 78.7 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 72%
Samsung SSD 250GB 2,741 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8266 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2286 (B1) Unknown 93 93 73 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 60 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 8 (EB) Unknown 99 99 184 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24356190640	53.2% Above average	Read 435 Write 50.2 Mixed 61.4 39% 182 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 8.82 89% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 69.8 DQ Mixed 25.6 57% 124 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 64 0 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1685 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 49134816 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -106498009068098 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 623 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 66 470941721 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 778 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10017 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 64424509465 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 4711579125900 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12505058440 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7348491463	90.8% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 157 Mixed 149 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.29 96% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 105%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$40 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 170 4441 (04) Start/Stop count 1 1 133536 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17739 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 238 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 133569 (C2) HDA temperature 120 97 27 (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	71.1% Very good	Read 118 Write 130 Mixed 123 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.26 83% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR1 2x8GB 2,335 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.6 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 79%

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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	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	113x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 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: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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