Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	45.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '18 at 19:29
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$67 241,476 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)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 213 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 421 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B37) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.1% Average	Lighting 54.2 Reflection 63.8 Parallax 72.5 44% 63.5 fps	MRender 66.2 Gravity 54.1 Splatting 54 47% 58.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD1001FALS-41Y6A1 1TB 1,153 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 870GB free Firmware: 05.03D06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 301 (03) Spinup time 178 176 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8709 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19665 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6097 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 151 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8557 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 197 197 650 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 197 197 650 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 197 197 674	75.1% Very good	Read 137 Write 125 Mixed 116 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.56 146% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 75%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA660 500GB 17,638 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP2OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 95 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 94 (03) Spinup time 117 100 12897681603 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1462 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 99 0 (08) Seek timer performance 142 100 29 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4498 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1209 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 1771472 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 54 388366374 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1462 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1462 (C2) HDA temperature 157 130 197569675302 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	59.9% Above average	Read 108 Write 101 Mixed 102 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.3 75% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG 2x4GB 1,002 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 23.2 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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	305x

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	112x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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