Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.21% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	100% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '17 at 01:12
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$76 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 202 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 321 43% 324 Pts	64-Core 323 20% 323 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.21% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 6.03 5% 7.61 fps	MRender 8.62 Gravity 5.33 Splatting 14.2 8% 9.38 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.21% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 244 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 25 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 72 57 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1719742743	100% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 483 Mixed 497 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 25.5 127% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 87.4 121% 222 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 713GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 63 56322609 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 570 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 689943 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 526 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 71 437846041 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 573 (C2) HDA temperature 25 15 64424509465 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 4 56322609 (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 124962073483257 (F1) Unknown 100 253 465221002 (F2) Unknown 100 253 605683880	105% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 173 Mixed 150 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.34 98% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 376GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 156689871 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6560 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 216725863 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13650 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3514 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 78 78 22 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 454688795 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 68719476763 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 16 156689871 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -106931800750708 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2933704129 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3994325128	65.7% Good	Read 114 Write 114 Mixed 107 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.53 115% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 70%
Seagate ST3320813AS 320GB 4,058 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 298GB free Firmware: HP21 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 164447152 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6978 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 186 (07) Seek error rate 68 41 365687454539 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24915 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 48 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6554 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590065689 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1697 (BE) vendor-specific 73 52 454754331 (C2) HDA temperature 27 48 60129542171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 21 164447152 (C4) Reallocation count 96 96 186 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	64.1% Good	Read 108 Write 115 Mixed 104 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.44 104% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB-$30 19,452 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 20.9 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 21.3 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 88%

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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	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