Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.1% 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	73.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	56.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151020
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '17 at 14:07
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 (64^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 700 68% 559 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 96.7 91% 108 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 101 82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2033 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 230 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 665 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524328 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 71 65 150324838429 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2213 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1838 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1375 (F4) Unknown 100 100 8 (F5) Unknown 100 100 40 (F6) Unknown 100 100 582784	73.5% Very good	Read 505 Write 491 Mixed 282 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 40.8 4K Mixed 13.9 71% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 22.1 DQ Write 83.6 DQ Mixed 10.9 20% 38.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 806GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 72841312 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 225 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15068855 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2029 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 225 (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 71 66 504365085 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23706 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 47244640285 (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 18116172055724 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10026709545 (F2) Unknown 100 253 153929788341	76.5% Very good	Read 152 Write 114 Mixed 166 110% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 114%
148 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 3GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 40.7 Write 8.15 Mixed 15.6 22% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.24 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.81 86% 3 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C14 4x16GB 245 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 25 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 129%

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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	1,080x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	647x
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 $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