Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	44.3% 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	215% 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	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, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '17 at 04:31
Run Duration	3906 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 539 72% 540 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4991) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1637 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.3% Average	Lighting 50 Reflection 57.7 Parallax 46.9 41% 51.5 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 50 Splatting 65.2 51% 62.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV101F0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,991 Write 948 Mixed 1,306 312% 1,415 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 37.4 196% 86.8 MB/s	DQ Read 467 DQ Write 428 DQ Mixed 26.6 135% 307 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 230%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 929GB free Firmware: JC66 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 182287403 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3008 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 416539837 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25895 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1510 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295098454 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 50 454754331 (C2) HDA temperature 27 50 64424509467 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 22 182287403 (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 117673514005818 (F1) Unknown 100 253 486238693 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2957129560
Poor: 34% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 363GB free Firmware: CC76 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210927080 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 497 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8605968955 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1440 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 319 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 72 44 21946368028 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 498 (C2) HDA temperature 28 56 68719476764 (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 22363894711686 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7468011211 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6881063473
Poor: 51% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[2/7/4]199[F/T] 2x8GB 969 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 28.1 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 26.5 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

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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	1,078x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	645x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	306x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	379x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16