Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	22.8% 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	72.9% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160603
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 29 '18 at 23:11
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 543 72% 540 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Nvidia(10DE 086A) 1.5GB Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 314.22 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Lighting 27.4 Reflection 43.1 Parallax 31.6 22% 34 fps	MRender 32.7 Gravity 21.7 Splatting 32 24% 28.8 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^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 100 100 628 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 258 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 67 141734838302 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3682530477 (F7) Unknown 100 100 115371543 (F8) Unknown 100 100 53111056 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1259 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	72.9% Very good	Read 484 Write 331 Mixed 336 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 14.2 97% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 13.8 43% 86.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 95%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 668GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 182444872 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1226 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 170459933 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1242 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 59 487915548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4699 (C2) HDA temperature 28 41 28 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 29411936046342 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39371564070 (F2) Unknown 100 253 302254352143	83.5% Excellent	Read 120 Write 170 Mixed 144 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.96 239% 2.36 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 237GB free Firmware: 3.AHG Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4617 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 301927582 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7838 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2426 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 54 505282590 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 68719476766 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 80 60 41647176 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40.9% Average	Read 72.3 Write 70.1 Mixed 72.3 54% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.35 89% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.7 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 24.4 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 88%

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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	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