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 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 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	102% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '17 at 00:49
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 782 78% 637 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 268GB free Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 731 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2228247 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 453 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 59 253404250136 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 25769803782 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 436 (EA) Unknown 100 100 487 (F1) Unknown 253 253 478 (F2) Unknown 253 253 435 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	71.1% Very good	Read 487 Write 225 Mixed 272 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 22.3 94% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 41.4 78% 157 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 108%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 145GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^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 15 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 56 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 60 171799805975 (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 2141212589 (F7) Unknown 100 100 66961331 (F8) Unknown 100 100 24314845 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1932 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	74.1% Very good	Read 482 Write 341 Mixed 339 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 15.1 100% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 46.7 55% 90.2 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 99%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 1,753 Write 163 Mixed 358 161% 758 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 2.64 82% 18.5 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 243%
Apple SD0128F PCIe 121GB 595 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 40GB free Firmware: A222821 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^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 1689 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10661 (A9) Unknown 100 100 734613472992 (AD) Unknown 193 193 34374287467 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8852986 (AF) Unknown 100 100 8785913 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 120 (C2) HDA temperature 41 41 356483924027 (C5) Current pending sector count 0 0 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 0 0 0	95.2% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 306 Mixed 376 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 27 155% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 53.4 88% 171 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 110%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 142 9566 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 313 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17731 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 301 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 181 (C2) HDA temperature 119 98 33 (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	79.5% Very good	Read 124 Write 153 Mixed 146 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.21 94% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 491GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 217589280 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1036 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 61356837 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19276 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 371 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 73 54 471334939 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 67677 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 42949672987 (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 95331094116168 (F1) Unknown 100 253 89259207997 (F2) Unknown 100 253 49728442420	107% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 185 Mixed 170 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.32 97% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 251 Write 155 Mixed 191 241% 199 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 9.96 4K Mixed 3.54 503% 8.43 MB/s	DQ Read 12.4 DQ Write 9.5 DQ Mixed 3.66 493% 8.51 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.8 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.7 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 85%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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