Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	May 16 '17 at 08:32
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

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 i3-6100-$40 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 186 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 304 40% 302 Pts	64-Core 295 18% 295 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1368) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Lighting 70.1 Reflection 71 Parallax 62.3 57% 67.8 fps	MRender 75.3 Gravity 64.6 Splatting 57.3 53% 65.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S064G 63GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6839 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 179 (A5) Unknown 100 100 246026 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 63 (AE) Unknown 100 100 84 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 45 253404512301 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 210 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 681 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7651459283 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6586805711	37% Below average	Read 430 Write 163 Mixed 199 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 10.6 4K Mixed 5.27 31% 9.34 MB/s	DQ Read 34.4 DQ Write 6.62 DQ Mixed 6.95 9% 16 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 47%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 331GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 82 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5397 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 77 (C2) HDA temperature 111 95 32 (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	84.9% Excellent	Read 146 Write 150 Mixed 125 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.28 99% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$7 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 29GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 41 Write 32.9 Mixed 18.2 36% 30.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.96 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.6 59% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GB 1,898 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 24.6 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 23.4 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 80%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	646x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	308x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	380x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16