Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36% 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	202% 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	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '19 at 22:52
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 (64^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 245 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 676 67% 545 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% 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: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36% Below average	Lighting 46.8 Reflection 45.6 Parallax 40.4 38% 44.3 fps	MRender 40.4 Gravity 41.3 Splatting 36.6 32% 39.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36% 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% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 917 660 508 514 498 505 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,586 Write 1,147 Mixed 766 SusWrite 600 228% 1,025 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 59.1 217% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,228 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 431 412% 672 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 283%
OCZ RevoDrive 350 PCIe 480GB-$396 526 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 401GB free Firmware: 2.50 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 625 633 665 632 622 629 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,001 Write 784 Mixed 511 SusWrite 634 164% 733 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 50 175% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 844 DQ Write 819 DQ Mixed 676 550% 780 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 172%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 197GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 306 306 306 306 306 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 487 Mixed 409 SusWrite 324 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 63.3 219% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Kingston SM2280S3G2240G 240GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 223GB free Firmware: SAFM01.W SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 315 315 315 316 315 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 321 Mixed 308 SusWrite 315 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 38.1 146% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 155 158% 256 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 97%
H/W LARG E 5TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1.5TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 213 215 213 213 214 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	81.3% Excellent	Read 199 Write 164 Mixed 73 SusWrite 213 214% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 95% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 81%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 23GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 3 2.3 3 3.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	2.94% Terrible	Read 12.2 Write 6.3 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 3.1 8% 7.08 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 15% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 2.94% Great: 28%

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 (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.4% Very good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 21.1 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.4% 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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	645x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	307x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	380x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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