Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	166% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '18 at 03:22
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 152 2-Core 298 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 796 83% 664 Pts	64-Core 841 52% 841 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$44 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 226GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 5123 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 98 (A5) Unknown 100 100 790291874057 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 81 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 38 266287972395 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 377962823768 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2935 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4982 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3524 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3334 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	77.5% Very good	Read 505 Write 347 Mixed 272 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 1.18 97% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 5.98 66% 153 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 76%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,385 Write 564 Mixed 785 200% 911 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 47.8 190% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 543 DQ Mixed 101 165% 307 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 157%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 361GB free Firmware: SBK2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 162900317 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1991 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2719174 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -58510339471379 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032978 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 51 437387289 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 431 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8563 (C2) HDA temperature 25 49 73014444057 (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 24464133718224 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4052037696 (F2) Unknown 100 253 505832559 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	47.5% Average	Read 79.3 Write 85.1 Mixed 46.7 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 4.78 4K Mixed 0.44 155% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 67%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,977 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 793GB free, PID a207 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 111 Write 104 Mixed 72.8 119% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.21 69% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GB 9,100 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 25 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.3 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 107%

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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	1,077x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	643x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	305x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	378x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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