Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.4% 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	65.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	17.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '17 at 16:07
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 below expectations (19^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 238 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 594 56% 462 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 122 Parallax 121 99% 121 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 107 Splatting 87 79% 98 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 230122444 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 23364622100846 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 163 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 28 36 55836934172 (C2) HDA temperature 28 36 55836934172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 230122444 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 230122444 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 230122444 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 1 1 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15126 (EA) Unknown 0 0 0 (F1) Unknown 0 0 0 (F2) Unknown 0 0 0 (F4) Unknown 98 98 5963837	65.1% Good	Read 506 Write 181 Mixed 259 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 14.1 90% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 53.7 72% 131 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65624104 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 96 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7626445 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10268 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 82 82 18 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 672530464 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13913 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 55834574880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 48799418423021 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7685242398 (F2) Unknown 100 253 50881691538	93.1% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 156 Mixed 154 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 113%
Asmt 2105 1.5TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 107 Write 114 Mixed 111 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.3 87% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 202GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 195104368 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 49 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 29196355 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9725 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 49 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 67 59 689373217 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12792 (C2) HDA temperature 33 41 60129542177 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -123772367527936 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16052011895 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38177152973
Poor: 56% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2133 2OZ 0420 F4-2133C15-8GNT 0420 DDR4 2133 2OZ Kingston 9905598-009.A00G 24GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.7% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 20.5 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns

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Gaming 69%

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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	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 $90Bench 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 $178	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