Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.8% 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	67.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 07:43
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 214 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 385 54% 398 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 117 Parallax 112 94% 115 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSBG200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 689 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1167 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 769 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 39 47 94492360743 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 769 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 331219 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 90 90 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 331219 (F2) Unknown 100 100 322799 (F9) Unknown 100 100 5881 (FC) Unknown 100 100 29	67.8% Good	Read 505 Write 130 Mixed 203 60% 279 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 22.9 113% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 18.8 49% 97.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 90%
Seagate NAS HDD 2TB-$98 3,967 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 118029240 (03) Spinup time 98 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1154 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1611552 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5485 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 507 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 61 538640415 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 174 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1158 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 55834574879 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	77% Very good	Read 147 Write 122 Mixed 39.8 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.15 55% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.6% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 21.1 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 17.2 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 86%

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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	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 $94Bench 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 $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: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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