Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	209% 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '18 at 17:19
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 495 66% 492 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 622GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,958 Write 1,353 Mixed 1,264 338% 1,525 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 29.3 149% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 48.7 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 29.8 39% 68.3 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 302%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 100GB free Firmware: SM12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 94 155770056 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2321 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 534110911 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23616 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2423 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1975 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 57 471334940 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 215 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 15 15 170911 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 73014444060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 27 155770056 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	37.3% Below average	Read 72.2 Write 58.1 Mixed 76.3 52% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.13 46% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 0837 1TB 3,852 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 577GB free, PID 0837 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 87.5 Write 91.4 Mixed 91.4 117% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 1x8GB-$25 15,542 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 14.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 50%

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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	1,078x
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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $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 $45	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