Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	357% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '18 at 19:27
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 702 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 377A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 200 Parallax 185 148% 189 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 179 Splatting 126 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 897 653 654 643 615 580 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	357% Outstanding	Read 2,552 Write 2,385 Mixed 1,664 SusWrite 674 406% 1,819 MB/s	4K Read 79.9 4K Write 290 4K Mixed 116 423% 162 MB/s	DQ Read 1,861 DQ Write 1905 DQ Mixed 1,800 1,376% 1,855 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 357% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 47GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 228 236 234 221 236 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 480 Write 240 Mixed 179 SusWrite 229 62% 282 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 25.1 129% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 56.2 96% 191 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 85%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 714GB free Firmware: 1AG01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 93 94 94 93 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 75 Write 43.8 Mixed 45 SusWrite 93.6 47% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 973GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 147 149 145 147 144 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 154 Write 133 Mixed 74 SusWrite 146 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 105%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 630GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 101 100 100 98 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 74.3 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 98.7 63% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 719GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 75 76 78 75 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 78.5 Write 79.3 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 76.4 53% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 60%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 141GB free Firmware: 1AG01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 93 93 93 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 50 Write 29.5 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 92.9 38% 52.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 7,253 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.9% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 26.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 107%

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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 $40Bench 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