Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.8% 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	195% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '17 at 17:14
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 798 86% 682 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 119 Parallax 102 94% 112 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 270GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 940 Write 660 Mixed 769 175% 790 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 36.8 163% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 549 DQ Mixed 69.3 136% 261 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 313%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$60 1,772 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,745 Write 646 Mixed 874 238% 1,088 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 51.9 226% 86 MB/s	DQ Read 533 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 164 183% 318 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 213%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 345GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 127870920 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1441 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 27448125 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6496 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1430 (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 66 56 588578850 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23717 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 64424509474 (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 -43233140795864 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12877309101 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1586626560091	83% Excellent	Read 127 Write 161 Mixed 119 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 5.29 4K Mixed 1.01 246% 2.38 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 112%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 159GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 76.5 Write 72.3 Mixed 67.4 92% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.24 80% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 43%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 126GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 74.9 Write 65 Mixed 65.6 87% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.21 75% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.2 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 25.2 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.9% 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	1,077x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	643x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	305x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	378x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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) $35	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