Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 146% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 127% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	163% 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	131% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '19 at 12:07
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 242 91% 159 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 755 74% 603 Pts	64-Core 757 47% 757 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3710) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3840 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	163% Outstanding	Lighting 227 Reflection 230 Parallax 228 185% 228 fps	MRender 279 Gravity 216 Splatting 142 166% 212 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 882GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT22B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 478 469 490 490 490 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 484 Mixed 464 SusWrite 472 109% 483 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 60.8 209% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 364 274% 367 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 72GB free Firmware: V2.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 154 105 107 106 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 472 Write 365 Mixed 314 SusWrite 138 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 12.7 100% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 17.7 49% 102 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 254GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 187 182 189 189 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 186 Mixed 81 SusWrite 185 116% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%
WD Elements 25A3 5TB 1,735 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 991GB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 116 118 117 117 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 113 Write 114 Mixed 100 SusWrite 116 152% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 120% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 29.3 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 42.6 SC Mixed 29.2 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 97%

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

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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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16