Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '17 at 21:15
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 703 73% 585 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 203 Parallax 184 151% 191 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 178 Splatting 126 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 250GB 2,741 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6947 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2043 (B1) Unknown 94 94 61 (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 73 60 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 8 (EB) Unknown 99 99 178 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20113607920	62.2% Good	Read 474 Write 119 Mixed 109 50% 234 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 10.8 91% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 27.5 73% 162 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 126%
Visionte k 240GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 104GB free Firmware: 604A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4544072 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -75574244539698 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 112 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 19 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 31 57 85903081503 (C2) HDA temperature 31 57 85903081503 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4544072 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4544072 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4544072 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 21474836480 (E9) Unknown 0 0 320 (EA) Unknown 0 0 301 (F1) Unknown 0 0 301 (F2) Unknown 0 0 260	69.6% Good	Read 496 Write 251 Mixed 331 79% 359 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 11.7 100% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 49.4 60% 104 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 72839756 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1332 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42956325 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -134767483811807 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 381 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 66 471138330 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 710 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7450 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 64424509466 (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 20147691586528 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11653570807 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5613153139	98.7% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 180 Mixed 140 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.29 105% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR1 2x8GB 2,335 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 23.7 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 79%

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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	1,086x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	651x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	312x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	382x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	249x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	245x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	133x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	70x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16