Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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.
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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '19 at 01:31
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 500 68% 504 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 141 Parallax 125 106% 132 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 130 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 792 Write 577 Mixed 552 142% 641 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 49.7 181% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 39.6 96% 200 MB/s
Poor: 79% Great: 157%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 99GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 151 151 151 150 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 334 Write 203 Mixed 226 SusWrite 153 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 43.7 148% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 135 124% 189 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 63GB free Firmware: CC56 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 157 159 167 174 170 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 165 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 164 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 11,954 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 28.9 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 39.3 SC Mixed 29.3 85% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.8% 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 $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 $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 $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