Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.8% 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	125% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '16 at 10:41
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 694 75% 593 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.155.4 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.8% Above average	Lighting 61.3 Reflection 51.2 Parallax 65.1 50% 59.2 fps	MRender 53.3 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 72.1 56% 66.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 815 Write 861 Mixed 626 171% 767 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 12.9 86% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 68.3 125% 247 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 182%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 46GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 224967824 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5770 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 55 54 549801004674 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19849 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1260 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 74 54 17684430874 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 181 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 83800 (C2) HDA temperature 26 46 -140737488355302 (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 75191992459134 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30284454251 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30278890649	73.1% Very good	Read 148 Write 107 Mixed 148 102% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.17 61% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 21.6 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 95%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

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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	307x

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 $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 $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 $273	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 $179	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