Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	131% 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	79.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	21.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 23:31
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 150 2-Core 296 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 834 89% 710 Pts	64-Core 833 52% 833 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% 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 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 198 Parallax 182 151% 188 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 177 Splatting 120 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% 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 above expectations (69^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 12624 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 385 (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 7107 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2369 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10076	87.6% Excellent	Read 504 Write 345 Mixed 360 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 44.2 4K Mixed 29.9 109% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 90.9 121% 224 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.6% 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 above expectations (62^nd 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 100 100 610 (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 33 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 598839 (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 33 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1 (EA) Unknown 0 0 156 (F1) Unknown 0 0 30985 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12509	79.5% Very good	Read 418 Write 283 Mixed 338 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 28.2 109% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 65.3 106% 203 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.5% 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 above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 166 6166 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9038 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16398 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5700 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 25 25 525003 (C2) HDA temperature 121 80 26 (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	44.1% Average	Read 73.5 Write 79.9 Mixed 81 59% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.35 100% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 44.1% 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)	39.9% Below average	Read 137 Write 56.3 Mixed 63.4 94% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.69 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.97 126% 3.22 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 39.9% 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	90.2% Outstanding	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 27.7 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 28.7 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns

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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	1,081x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	648x
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	247x
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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16