Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	85% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	47.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '19 at 03:11
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 below expectations (27^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 225 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 651 61% 506 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 3FF6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 125 Parallax 102 101% 117 fps	MRender 169 Gravity 126 Splatting 100 104% 132 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 135 128 132 132 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 416 Write 396 Mixed 319 SusWrite 169 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 38.4 136% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 338 260% 353 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 124%
Samsung Flash Drive FIT 257GB 291 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 239GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 58 66 59 58 61 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 275 Write 74 Mixed 116 SusWrite 62.7 147% 132 MB/s	4K Read 8.7 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 8 468% 7.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 126%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 33GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 73 71 73 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 89 Write 88 Mixed 49 SusWrite 74.5 100% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS16G4D240FSE.16FAD 1315 BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 1315 BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 1315 BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.9% Very good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 24 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 23.9 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 78%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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	305x

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	112x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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