Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	30.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160603
Uptime	11.7 Days
Run Date	May 22 '17 at 13:39
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (57^th 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 (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 688 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Gigabyte(1458 3542) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Lighting 36.2 Reflection 33.9 Parallax 47.8 30% 39.3 fps	MRender 47.3 Gravity 44 Splatting 34.3 34% 41.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY4 128GB 1,160 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13784 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2238 (E8) Unknown 100 100 25070075083 (E9) Unknown 97 0 97	75.3% Very good	Read 251 Write 287 Mixed 220 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 25.6 122% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 67.4 102% 190 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 336GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 115958648 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3331 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 57 12887155008 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2191 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 64 64 36 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 54 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 47 554958881 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 342 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29467 (C2) HDA temperature 33 53 64424509473 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 50 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -82622285863263 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10282484933 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20249263600	88% Excellent	Read 159 Write 148 Mixed 141 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.23 67% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 205GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698548 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 776 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 108 108 37 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1677 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 201 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 779 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 779 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 210454511652 (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 69	76.1% Very good	Read 132 Write 133 Mixed 102 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 191GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 135182587 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7834 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 23 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23861210 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21580 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3532 (B7) Unknown 1 1 12832 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 8590214688 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 67 47 554958881 (C2) HDA temperature 33 53 60129542177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 18 135182587 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 155 375050 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 114606907357169 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1163013228 (F2) Unknown 100 253 187153078	57.9% Above average	Read 106 Write 96 Mixed 93.4 74% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.46 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 263GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 96 71611221 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 94 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 85 85 638 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 25612698 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20947 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3571 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 1060873109779 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 48 471072796 (C2) HDA temperature 28 52 60129542172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 17 71611221 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 154 699666 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -31366146132984 (F1) Unknown 100 253 592088139 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3423364549	45.1% Average	Read 90.8 Write 66.5 Mixed 76.6 59% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.36 82% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.8% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 20.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.2 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 102%

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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 $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	645x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	306x

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	113x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 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