Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.1% 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	275% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	28.2 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 23:28
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 as expected (57^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 211 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 581 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Lighting 46.6 Reflection 45.9 Parallax 45.2 38% 45.9 fps	MRender 41.3 Gravity 41.7 Splatting 37.3 32% 40.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 437GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1190 1395 1410 1408 1405 1412 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 2,093 Write 1,397 Mixed 980 SusWrite 1370 326% 1,460 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 61.4 233% 88.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,236 DQ Write 391 DQ Mixed 481 442% 703 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 283%
Drevo X1 SSD 120GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 78GB free Firmware: P1222A SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 426 432 420 31 31 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 503 Write 384 Mixed 344 SusWrite 286 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 18.2 126% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 21.4 70% 145 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 227GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,587 Write 7,572 Mixed 7,891 1,789% 8,017 MB/s	4K Read 821 4K Write 402 4K Mixed 510 2,110% 578 MB/s	DQ Read 1,890 DQ Write 1,349 DQ Mixed 1,482 1,144% 1,574 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Kingston SM2280S3G2240G 240GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 218GB free Firmware: SAFM01.W SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 321 321 321 321 321 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 322 Mixed 304 SusWrite 318 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 39.4 154% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 156 147% 227 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 97%
OCZ RevoDrive 350 PCIe 480GB-$396 526 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 192GB free Firmware: 2.50 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 640 635 679 682 680 640 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,071 Write 784 Mixed 500 SusWrite 659 168% 754 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 50.7 184% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 846 DQ Write 790 DQ Mixed 669 543% 768 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 172%

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 (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.9% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 22.7 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 119%

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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 $109Bench 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 $295	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