Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	82.2% 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 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 13:34
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	BHR-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 85.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 229 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 462 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1488 MHz, MLim: 1770 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Lighting 64.7 Reflection 67.2 Parallax 63 53% 65 fps	MRender 69.7 Gravity 59.9 Splatting 55.9 50% 61.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mknssdtr 500GB 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 315GB free (System drive) Firmware: O112 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^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 34 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 103 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 104 (A3) Unknown 100 100 16 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2599 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 31080 (F2) Unknown 100 100 28070 (F5) Unknown 100 100 20792	82.2% Excellent	Read 485 Write 255 Mixed 265 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 29.1 122% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 47.8 85% 171 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 82%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 170 4450 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 200 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 142 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3211 (C2) HDA temperature 118 110 29 (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	44.5% Average	Read 79.4 Write 75.5 Mixed 74.2 58% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.27 90% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 84%
Imation Link Mobile Exp. 64GB 53GB free, PID 0725 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	23.6% Poor	Read 120 Write 21.8 Mixed 21.3 50% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.69 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.007 22% 1.9 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	77% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 25.5 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.6 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 105%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,079x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	645x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	308x

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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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