Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '18 at 19:35
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$64 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 224 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 383 51% 382 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 145 Parallax 123 116% 137 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 132 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 327 303 309 300 297 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 426 Mixed 359 SusWrite 316 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 51.6 176% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 360 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$49 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 103GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 49 35 48 45 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 21.3 Write 36 Mixed 14.8 SusWrite 43.3 21% 28.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.3 60% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 67GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 100 130 109 107 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 56 Write 91 Mixed 51 SusWrite 111 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3000VN0001-1SF176 3TB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 187GB free Firmware: AN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 189 192 190 195 192 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 118 Write 88.5 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 190 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 186% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TS512MLH64V1H TS512MLH64V1H TS1GLH64V1H TS512MLH64V1H 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.1% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 19.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 75%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,093x
Core i5-6600KIntel $64Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	652x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	315x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	384x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	250x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	135x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $762

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16