Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.3% 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	120% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151020
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '16 at 03:11
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 86.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 230 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 450 58% 437 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.151.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Lighting 68.1 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 86 56% 74.8 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 65.8 Splatting 57.3 52% 64.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 286GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 681 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 17 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 49 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 862058805	120% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 401 Mixed 410 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 52.9 202% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 129 144% 245 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
WD WD60EZRZ-00GZ5B1 6TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 5.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 196 9125 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 521 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 437 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5914 (C2) HDA temperature 112 95 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	104% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 171 Mixed 153 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.31 120% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 13GB free Firmware: 82.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 179 7716 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13855 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 219 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 35387 (C2) HDA temperature 111 93 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	74.9% Very good	Read 138 Write 123 Mixed 96.3 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.29 101% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 100%
WD My Passport 0741 2TB 1,643 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 312GB free, PID 0741 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 86.8 Write 95.5 Mixed 69.7 108% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.18 66% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 44%
Mass Storage Device 8GB 2,579 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 1212 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	6.59% Terrible	Read 20.9 Write 11.3 Mixed 11.5 17% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.38 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 18% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.59% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2400 CL16 8GB 2x8GB 2,791 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 25.2 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 84%

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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	1,082x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	649x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	380x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	248x
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 $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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	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