Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	75.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 18:06
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 722 73% 590 Pts	64-Core 720 45% 720 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 143 Parallax 132 108% 136 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 126 Splatting 100 90% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 100 311 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 479 (A6) Unknown 100 100 184 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 236 (A9) Unknown 100 100 23 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 218 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 100 257698037792 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 7 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 35889 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12841 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7632	75.5% Very good	Read 504 Write 354 Mixed 408 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 4.07 86% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 3.67 66% 154 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 86%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 336GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 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 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34387853742 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3776 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 32 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3938 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 168 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3776 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3776 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 184684773408 (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	76.5% Very good	Read 134 Write 133 Mixed 146 104% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.17 77% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 108%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 150GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 150 11075 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1282 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17154 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 677 (10) Unknown 10 190 190071136442 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1264 (C2) HDA temperature 119 100 33 (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	55.6% Above average	Read 103 Write 90 Mixed 100 74% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.22 96% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 98%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 19GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 148 137 11566 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1896 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 429 (10) Unknown 5 195 89681199663 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1886 (C2) HDA temperature 118 98 34 (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	64.8% Good	Read 116 Write 110 Mixed 117 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.2 99% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2266 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 24.4 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 25.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 85%

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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	645x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	305x

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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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