Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	211% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '16 at 15:28
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 704 75% 597 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 58.8 39% 46.3 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 40.8 33% 39.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ RevoDrive 350 PCIe 480GB-$396 526 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 359GB free Firmware: 2.50 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12437023 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -9191230006577 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 703 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 542 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 47 62 68723540015 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12437023 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12437023 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12437023 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 35160 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17477 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17477 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11950	164% Outstanding	Read 1,501 Write 798 Mixed 928 237% 1,076 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 27.6 135% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 435 DQ Mixed 157 173% 284 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 172%
Kingston SM2280S3G2240G 240GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 223GB free Firmware: SAFM01.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 369 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 52 52 206160330800 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2176	85.3% Excellent	Read 527 Write 322 Mixed 400 92% 416 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 13.3 117% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 58 100% 191 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 97%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,710 Write 996 Mixed 1,127 282% 1,278 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 54.8 229% 87.1 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 135 142% 230 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 283%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 156GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 9136944 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 410 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19794283 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4088 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 399 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 67 60 555679777 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19580 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 42949672993 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 38 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -130923488081138 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5215351740 (F2) Unknown 100 253 118777977731	94.4% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 147 Mixed 159 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.19 81% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 112%
H/W RAID 5 4TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2.5TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 127 Write 131 Mixed 95.7 150% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.45 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.19 38% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 0215 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 0420 F4-3200C14-8GTZ 0420 F4-3200C14-8GTZ 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 31.5 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 45.9 SC Mixed 30.8 94% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,080x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	646x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	308x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	380x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $29Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16