Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95% 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	83.3% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151020
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '17 at 17:05
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 238 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 639 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6284) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.51 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 124 Parallax 108 102% 119 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 115 Splatting 90.8 82% 101 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M3 128GB 702 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^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 5856 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1570 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 245	83.3% Excellent	Read 491 Write 207 Mixed 292 72% 330 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 33.3 132% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 71.9 100% 187 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%
Covecube Virtual Disk 2TB 1,262 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4TB free Firmware: 0001 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 132 Write 110 Mixed 118 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.25 83% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 105%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 185996336 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1157 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 4311566869 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4348 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 608 (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 64 61 605683748 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28404 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 68719476772 (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 17076789970902 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13857212787 (F2) Unknown 100 253 46434808618	74.9% Very good	Read 139 Write 122 Mixed 134 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.21 71% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 690GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 64 0 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 39 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 46398249 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -76463302769627 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (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 65 62 588906531 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1633 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 90194313251 (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 -22754736733229 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14026366895 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22195949895	66.6% Good	Read 127 Write 105 Mixed 96.2 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 105%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 464GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 82 80 5680 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8397 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12701 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2569 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 61 171799281701 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 183 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 5 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8536	77.2% Very good	Read 131 Write 138 Mixed 130 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.78 4K Mixed 0.52 137% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 77%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 464GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 155 5033 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2262 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22351 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1555 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 233 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1555 (C2) HDA temperature 104 95 43 (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 200 199 119 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.1% Average	Read 88.7 Write 81.8 Mixed 89.1 65% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.45 123% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 462GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 176 5833 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 323 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14259 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 253 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 323 (C2) HDA temperature 111 94 39 (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	42.5% Average	Read 73.9 Write 73.7 Mixed 75.3 56% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.41 117% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GB 5,640 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.6% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.6 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24.2 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 89%

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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	306x

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	113x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16