Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	42.2% 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	62.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 15 '19 at 05:44
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 262 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 534 67% 511 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2530 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.2% Average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 55 Parallax 44.7 39% 49.1 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 62.2 49% 59.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM02D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 181 163 193 193 187 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 379 Write 306 Mixed 233 SusWrite 181 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 20.1 91% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 97.1 DQ Mixed 136 116% 177 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 73%
WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB 30,897 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 47GB free Firmware: UI450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 56 68 87 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 401 Write 257 Mixed 274 SusWrite 102 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 36.5 4K Mixed 16.3 69% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 78.4 DQ Mixed 42.4 46% 79 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 52%
Toshiba MK3256GSY 320GB-$90 1,632 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 208GB free Firmware: LH013C SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 81 81 80 80 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 83.5 Write 80.5 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 80.2 50% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 117% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 52%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 426GB free Firmware: MS2OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 152 152 150 151 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 181 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 149 98% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 126% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 27.1 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 27.7 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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