Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	265% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '19 at 22:39
Run Duration	271 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 250 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 696 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 436GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1314 1282 1258 1302 1391 1391 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 1,942 Write 1403 Mixed 880 SusWrite 1,323 310% 1,387 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 55.9 232% 93.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,222 DQ Write 399 DQ Mixed 465 434% 695 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 283%
Drevo X1 SSD 120GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 83GB free Firmware: P1222A SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 415 411 362 40 31 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 481 Write 405 Mixed 367 SusWrite 280 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 16.7 116% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 81.9 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 21.1 66% 135 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 232GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,456 Write 4,945 Mixed 4,920 1,139% 5,107 MB/s	4K Read 776 4K Write 400 4K Mixed 489 2,015% 555 MB/s	DQ Read 1,825 DQ Write 1,299 DQ Mixed 1,436 1,106% 1,520 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Kingston SM2280S3G2240G 240GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 223GB free Firmware: SAFM01.W SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 321 319 321 322 321 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 322 Mixed 306 SusWrite 320 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 34 129% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 157 157% 250 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 97%
OCZ RevoDrive 350 PCIe 480GB-$396 526 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 446GB free Firmware: 2.50 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 543 612 623 631 646 640 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 869 Write 869 Mixed 556 SusWrite 616 163% 727 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 51.2 179% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 841 DQ Write 703 DQ Mixed 697 542% 747 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 172%
H/W LARG E 5TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2.5TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 213 213 214 214 214 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	78.8% Very good	Read 178 Write 150 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 213 204% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 102% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 23.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 119%

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Gaming 69%

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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	1,082x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	649x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	308x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	380x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	248x
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 $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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16