Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.6% 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	68.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	18.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 23:29
Run Duration	619 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$71 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 73.4 1-Core 95.1 2-Core 194 68% 121 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 335 46% 342 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Gigabyte(1458 354B) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.6% Poor	Lighting 31.9 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 40.3 26% 34.9 fps	MRender 45.1 Gravity 36.5 Splatting 32.7 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 26011518 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -2396591744731 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1473 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 79 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 44 55 47248244780 (C2) HDA temperature 44 55 47248244780 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 26011518 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 26011518 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 26011518 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 98784247809 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11221 (EA) Unknown 0 0 22266 (F1) Unknown 0 0 22266 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9439 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3801129	68.1% Good	Read 476 Write 201 Mixed 279 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 17.2 91% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 67 94% 170 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 85%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 433GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 131 4650 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11823 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26324 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1977 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 122 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 119546 (C2) HDA temperature 107 79 40 (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	38.3% Below average	Read 64.1 Write 69 Mixed 67.6 50% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.3 84% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 400GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 128723144 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2197 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4290878 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2536 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 295 (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 61 49 672530471 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2206 (C2) HDA temperature 39 17 73014444071 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 128723144 (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 -120147415136276 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2960089203 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2075207906	85.5% Excellent	Read 156 Write 142 Mixed 128 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.26 98% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 113%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 13GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 7.05 Mixed 11.5 18% 18.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.66 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 1 112% 2.48 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 17%
Philips GoGear Mix 4GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 2% 4GB free, PID 218a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.12% Terrible	Read 8.81 Write 2.49 Mixed 3.57 5% 4.95 MB/s	4K Read 5.35 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.009 20% 1.79 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.12% Great: 3%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB 598 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.6% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 21.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 13 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 93.8 43% 93.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 106%

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,087x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	651x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	313x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	249x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	245x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	133x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	70x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $669

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16