Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.1% 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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '17 at 21:26
Run Duration	367 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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)	83% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 638 65% 524 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3722) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 69.4 Parallax 66.6 56% 68.4 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 66.9 Splatting 67 56% 68.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 128GB 4,859 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 764 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 133 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4576 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5791192726 (F2) Unknown 99 99 10165885095	87.1% Excellent	Read 505 Write 347 Mixed 388 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 18.8 126% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 19.4 64% 144 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 99%
Seagate ST33000650NS 3TB-$100 3,609 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2TB free Firmware: 0006 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 81 64 159785393 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 21 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 145611 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (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 58 588775459 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 35 42 103079215139 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 20 159785393 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	84.8% Excellent	Read 146 Write 150 Mixed 139 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.62 153% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 96GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 82.9 Write 55.6 Mixed 75.9 54% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.05 26% 0.24 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 66%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 32GB 448 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 27GB free, PID c96a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	7.18% Terrible	Read 29.1 Write 4.88 Mixed 11.5 15% 15.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.76 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.09 32% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 7.18% Great: 11%
Mass Storage Device 8GB 2,579 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 1212 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 18.7 Write 15.2 Mixed 17.2 22% 17 MB/s	4K Read 5.53 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 1.27 116% 2.78 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron TEAMGROUP-UD4-2133 1x16GB 210 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 10.5 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.1 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 50%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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