Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '17 at 13:48
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 i7-6700-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 590 61% 492 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3775) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 80.3 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 68.3 66% 75.6 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 70.4 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNTE256HMHP-000L2 256GB 1,123 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT26L0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8853 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 393 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 95 95 51 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4428 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 36 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 199 199 666 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (EC) Unknown 99 99 26 (ED) Unknown 99 99 51 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0	76.1% Very good	Read 513 Write 256 Mixed 337 81% 369 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 15.9 129% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 37.7 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 15.4 27% 51.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 37811208 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 223 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 12951151355 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10032 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 203 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65539 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 588906529 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28649 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 68719476769 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -140385301029695 (F1) Unknown 100 253 54822767898 (F2) Unknown 100 253 31180964324	74.9% Very good	Read 139 Write 122 Mixed 126 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 96%
SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1.5TB free, PID 1053 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 128 Write 137 Mixed 104 157% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.34 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 56%
SAMSUNG HD502HJ 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 430GB free, PID 1053 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 128 Write 139 Mixed 111 163% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.41 97% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 21,822 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.2 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 21.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 83%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,089x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	651x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	313x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	383x
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 $94Bench 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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $765

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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