Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	42.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '17 at 13:40
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 432 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 80.4 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 68.5 66% 76.1 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 74.6 59% 71.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 170657290 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 56092272886004 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 142 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 25 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 47 55837655072 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 55837655072 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 170657290 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 170657290 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 170657290 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 47244640257 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294963013 (EA) Unknown 0 0 669 (F1) Unknown 0 0 669 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1169 (F4) Unknown 98 98 6291528	42.7% Average	Read 447 Write 134 Mixed 251 61% 277 MB/s	4K Read 3.58 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 11.8 42% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 58.9 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 54.6 50% 74.5 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 134508632 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2084 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 4314325662 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2364 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2084 (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 72 51 470876188 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 458 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13517 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 60129542172 (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 136936442299936 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18467913974 (F2) Unknown 100 253 89873290875	80.4% Excellent	Read 155 Write 126 Mixed 160 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.07 4K Write 0.49 4K Mixed 0.16 30% 0.24 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 113%
Seagate ST3360320AS 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 311GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 102 70 7883 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1905 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3771 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1888 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 116 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 171 171 88198 (C2) HDA temperature 120 99 27 (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	44.2% Average	Read 76.8 Write 76.9 Mixed 70.9 56% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.41 99% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 80%

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 below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 23 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 20.5 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 80%

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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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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