Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


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 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	91% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '19 at 10:20
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	30%

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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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 206 85% 146 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 694 76% 601 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 119 Parallax 101 95% 112 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 103 Splatting 101 82% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 258 257 255 255 250 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 436 Mixed 376 SusWrite 272 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 58.1 193% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 354 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 282GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 406 450 452 442 382 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 422 Mixed 409 SusWrite 421 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 53 173% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 296 241% 343 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 204GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 151 150 150 155 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 132 Write 106 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 152 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 178 177 179 178 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 132 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 178 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Seagate Portable 250GB 728 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 155GB free, PID 2300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 38 Write 37.3 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 41 49% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 74% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C15 4x8GB 182 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 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	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 20 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 116%

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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	1,078x
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 $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