Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


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 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.7% 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	224% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '21 at 05:27
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	21%

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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 i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 622 64% 519 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Lighting 39.1 Reflection 42.8 Parallax 39.7 32% 40.5 fps	MRender 37.9 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 28.9 29% 35.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 398GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1158 1026 812 744 735 803 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 2,321 Write 1,436 Mixed 1,423 SusWrite 880 337% 1515 MB/s	4K Read 60.3 4K Write 52 4K Mixed 52.4 186% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 800 DQ Write 92.9 DQ Mixed 176 197% 356 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 666GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 385 401 393 425 402 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 330 Mixed 361 SusWrite 400 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 34.4 126% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 78.8 DQ Mixed 150 131% 204 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 122%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 599GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 139 151 139 140 149 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 148 Write 135 Mixed 67.1 SusWrite 143 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 752GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 112 119 112 110 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 59.6 SusWrite 115 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB 3,999 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 24.9 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 24.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 93%

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Gaming 69%

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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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	645x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	307x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	380x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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