Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (2nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 98 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 39.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	40.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (68%). 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	6.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '19 at 06:47
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	39.9% Below average	Memory 36 1-Core 65.6 2-Core 146 43% 82.5 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 229 33% 243 Pts	64-Core 262 16% 262 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.6% Average	Lighting 59.9 Reflection 61.8 Parallax 9.03 49% 43.6 fps	MRender 23.6 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 21.6 25% 30.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 78 52 56 54 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 292 Write 262 Mixed 243 SusWrite 89.4 50% 221 MB/s	4K Read 9.1 4K Write 15.5 4K Mixed 9 34% 11.2 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 118 133% 226 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 355GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 114 129 129 127 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 30.4 Write 39.2 Mixed 31.4 SusWrite 124 41% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 49% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2133C15-4GVR 0420 F4-2400C15-4GVR 0420 F4-2133C15-4GVR 0420 F4-2400C15-4GVR 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 17.7 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 7 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 222 18% 222 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 76%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 69%

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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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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