Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '18 at 23:37
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 (92^nd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 702 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 197 Parallax 170 141% 180 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 168 Splatting 118 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 19731 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 772 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 89 89 334 (AE) Unknown 100 100 86 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 59 180387905567 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 89 89 11 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 36946646883 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1170146352 (F8) Unknown 100 100 4120761524	82.8% Excellent	Read 483 Write 264 Mixed 346 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 28.2 116% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 51.6 99% 198 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 91%
Hitachi HDN728080ALE604 8TB 1,150 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 7TB free Firmware: A4GNW91X Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 108 (03) Spinup time 141 141 38685508050 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2021 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1943 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2660 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2660 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 176095035424 (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 0	114% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 194 Mixed 182 145% 193 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.64 159% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 879GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 147 11341 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4509 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12281 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 150 (10) Unknown 9 191 172453898680 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4485 (C2) HDA temperature 113 109 39 (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	62.9% Good	Read 101 Write 118 Mixed 119 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.29 96% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 98%
HGST Deskstar NAS 5TB-$231 660 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 729GB free Firmware: APGNT517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 132 132 42982244853 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 11931 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14686 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7360 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 13170 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 13170 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 223339610150 (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 0	47.7% Average	Read 79.1 Write 86.9 Mixed 90.1 65% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.69 135% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 110%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 406GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5521 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26378 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 297 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1052831 (C2) HDA temperature 115 108 32 (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	46.3% Average	Read 83.5 Write 77.4 Mixed 69.5 58% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.27 105% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.4% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 14.5 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 106%

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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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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