Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '17 at 04:04
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$60 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 210 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 404 54% 403 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% PowerColor(148C 2336) 2GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Lighting 36.8 Reflection 33 Parallax 48.1 30% 39.3 fps	MRender 29.5 Gravity 31.3 Splatting 38.8 28% 33.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB 12,357 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4130012 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 789 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 186 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 10 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 5145 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 59 253403660320 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 347911881002 (EE) Unknown 99 100 16537545 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2081393397 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4642614386	46.2% Average	Read 490 Write 246 Mixed 155 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 10 4K Write 14.9 4K Mixed 8.93 34% 11.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 21.7 DQ Mixed 10 11% 19.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 87%
Maxtor STM3250820AS 250GB 2,495 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 231GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 95 116559789 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1719 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 14 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 43908592158 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 46382 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2201 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 2581 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 47 589037599 (C2) HDA temperature 31 53 55834574879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 50 172889110 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 1 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 188 788 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42% Average	Read 74.8 Write 71.5 Mixed 74 55% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.4 94% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 1x4GB-$17 1,245 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	39.6% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.2 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 11.8 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 42%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,092x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	652x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	315x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	250x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	134x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $762

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16