Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	146% 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	66.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 21:25
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 138 2-Core 271 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 707 73% 589 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Lighting 226 Reflection 176 Parallax 172 184% 192 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 168 Splatting 113 106% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 284GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1045 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 629 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 30 (AE) Unknown 100 100 289 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 44 240519217180 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 28873318015 (F7) Unknown 100 100 903872205 (F8) Unknown 100 100 493970167 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4412 (D2) Unknown 100 100 4	66.8% Good	Read 484 Write 339 Mixed 339 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 13.5 85% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 62.1 DQ Mixed 48.3 35% 44.9 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 105%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 162248560 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1931 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 180896716 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7433 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2119 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 30065229866 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 46 471072796 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 496 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10761 (C2) HDA temperature 28 54 64424509468 (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 -6008659240476 (F1) Unknown 100 253 57605299864 (F2) Unknown 100 253 626349150321	93.1% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 174 Mixed 125 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.65 198% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3400 C16 Series 4x8GB 512 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 22.9 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 134%

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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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	645x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	308x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	380x
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 $90Bench 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 $31Bench 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 $269	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 $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