Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	307% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	57.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	9.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 01:50
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	23%

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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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 215 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 668 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37B1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3535 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 155 Parallax 163 130% 159 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 144 Splatting 108 114% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1481 1540 1567 1576 1636 1612 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	307% Outstanding	Read 2,404 Write 1,566 Mixed 791 SusWrite 1,569 352% 1,583 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 66.6 234% 86.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1035 DQ Write 911 DQ Mixed 920 704% 955 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 307% Great: 353%
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 189GB free Firmware: 5.81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 213 207 226 225 228 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 411 Write 264 Mixed 300 SusWrite 220 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 50.2 172% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 237 181% 244 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 93%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 567GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 150 152 152 153 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 145 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 151 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x16GB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26.6 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26.9 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 122%

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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 $274	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