Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.6% 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	81.5% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '17 at 22:22
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 489 65% 489 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 114 Parallax 106 87% 109 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 97.3 78% 94.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 94 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 680 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 23 (AE) Unknown 100 100 41 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 58 180389675033 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5762329465 (F7) Unknown 100 100 180685009 (F8) Unknown 100 100 83145228 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1253 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	81.5% Excellent	Read 483 Write 336 Mixed 337 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 23.8 108% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 39.1 76% 154 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 95%
Transcend TS480GSSD220S 480GB 5,978 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 27GB free Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 119 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 865 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 49 (A3) Unknown 100 100 541 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2730 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35318071689240 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 29691 (F2) Unknown 100 100 88973 (F5) Unknown 100 100 32248	76.7% Very good	Read 492 Write 237 Mixed 264 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 24.7 107% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 46.2 84% 169 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 579GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 135 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 687 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1129 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 687 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6056 (C2) HDA temperature 112 94 31 (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	74.7% Very good	Read 141 Write 120 Mixed 122 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 87%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 239GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 161 8666 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5251 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19674 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2702 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27876 (C2) HDA temperature 116 90 36 (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	44.1% Average	Read 78.7 Write 75 Mixed 92.2 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.12 54% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 24.5 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 26 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 95%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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