Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '16 at 23:45
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 457 60% 454 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 859F) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7586 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 109 Parallax 97.6 82% 102 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 92.6 Splatting 95.7 78% 94.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (64) Unknown 100 100 31424 (65) Unknown 100 100 47648 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 9 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1433 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 100 111670460441 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 49 (EA) Unknown 100 100 29 (F1) Unknown 100 100 46 (F2) Unknown 100 100 23 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	65.2% Good	Read 474 Write 254 Mixed 265 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 10.5 76% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 28.5 68% 144 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 88%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 112GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 6607697 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 15513421882835 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1046 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 129 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 78 38659817498 (C2) HDA temperature 26 78 38659817498 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6607697 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6607697 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6607697 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10848 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9700 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9700 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5853	65.7% Good	Read 458 Write 138 Mixed 210 59% 269 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 15.8 113% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 42.4 59% 108 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 87%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 20 (03) Spinup time 253 162 1258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1772 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13919 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1556 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 407038 (C2) HDA temperature 124 114 26 (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	67.3% Good	Read 116 Write 119 Mixed 110 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.26 88% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 67%
Lexar JumpDrive S73 USB 3.0 16GB-$18 459 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 10GB free, PID a205 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 40.7 Write 20.8 Mixed 22.9 32% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.45 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.34 47% 2.38 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.8FAR 2x4GB 366 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.7% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.4 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 15.1 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 87%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $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 $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