Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.5% 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	210% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 14:54
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 508 68% 508 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.10.3 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 88.3 Parallax 155 85% 116 fps	MRender 85.3 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 122 86% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$60 1,772 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,842 Write 663 Mixed 905 248% 1,137 MB/s	4K Read 54.6 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 55.1 255% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 603 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 196 208% 354 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 213%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 1002752 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 131 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7979642 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 131 (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 72 69 471203868 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4702 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 64424509468 (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 -73778948209786 (F1) Unknown 100 253 625465643 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4839704047	114% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 193 Mixed 181 145% 193 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.24 93% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x4GB 1,396 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2706 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 26.9 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 27.6 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 90%

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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 $132	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) $34	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