Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.6% 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	105% 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	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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '18 at 03:34
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 270 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 724 71% 583 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 97.9 88% 106 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 99 Splatting 93.2 78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 960GB-$190 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 246GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4126 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1588 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 843 (C2) HDA temperature 63 46 231929937957 (F1) Unknown 100 100 107095	69.5% Good	Read 508 Write 345 Mixed 338 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 8.06 81% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 23.1 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 44.3 57% 95.1 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 103%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 51GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5737 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1573 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 41 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 96 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6673884490	87% Excellent	Read 498 Write 400 Mixed 417 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 23.8 136% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 36 DQ Write 90.2 DQ Mixed 24.6 30% 50.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 48GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9395 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2550 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 45 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 75 (EB) Unknown 99 99 124 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14344481803	104% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 407 Mixed 416 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 34.7 151% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 116 138% 242 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8758 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2288 (B1) Unknown 96 96 74 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 51 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 264 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31075104861	105% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 394 Mixed 414 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 41.3 155% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 108 134% 240 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 500GB 1,723 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 252GB free Firmware: 0203 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 72.3 Write 71.1 Mixed 68.1 53% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.24 71% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 2x8GB 2,922 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.6% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 13 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 94%

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Gaming 69%

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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	1,078x
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 $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 $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 $300	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