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 above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	56.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151020
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '17 at 10:09
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 686 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 109 Reflection 113 Parallax 99.8 89% 108 fps	Gravity 9.03 Splatting 51.9 30% 30.5 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 297GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5121 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 425 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 60 54 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7727866739	111% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 391 Mixed 413 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 49.1 171% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 120 146% 258 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 131%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 63299312 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 401 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 197067 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5012 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 405 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 64 605093922 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12720 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 51539607586 (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 33573759356223 (F1) Unknown 100 253 230903758 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13278916677	112% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 188 Mixed 177 142% 189 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 717GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 393 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5012 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 393 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 369 (C2) HDA temperature 109 107 34 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	96.2% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 161 Mixed 149 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.36 130% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 320GB-$36 4,086 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 79GB free Firmware: V54OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 72 120588276 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 113 113 25791824195 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7945 (05) Reallocated sector count 64 64 577 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 33124 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7526 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 15355 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 15355 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 249108889637 (C4) Reallocation count 76 76 583 (C5) Current pending sector count 97 97 213 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 147	28.8% Poor	Read 48.6 Write 51.5 Mixed 47.3 37% 49.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.31 80% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 40%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,298 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 878GB free, PID 50a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 93.8 Write 91.6 Mixed 73.1 109% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.22 23% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G1A1 4x16GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 24.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 103%

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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	1,080x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $618

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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16