Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, 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	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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '17 at 10:36
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 240 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 647 66% 531 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 111 Parallax 111 89% 110 fps	MRender 90.5 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 85.1 74% 90.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 78GB 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 99 99 3845 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 879 (B1) Unknown 96 96 71 (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 64 46 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 45 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25188196598	105% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 398 Mixed 412 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 44.7 147% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 104 136% 247 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 77GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 169 2058 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2040 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3056 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 693 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8854 (C2) HDA temperature 110 97 33 (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	58.8% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 111 Mixed 97.2 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.34 133% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 77GB free Firmware: 3.CHF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5076 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 571515293 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10673 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3404 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 656539682 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 51539607586 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 65 60 87241 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	57.6% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 102 Mixed 105 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.24 111% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 1x8GB-$25 15,315 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.6% Below average	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 10.2 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 12.2 34% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 44%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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