Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '19 at 14:28
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4560-$31 70,054 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 216 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 306 41% 306 Pts	64-Core 305 19% 305 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2980) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	55.8% Above average	Lighting 67.6 Reflection 67.5 Parallax 54.6 55% 63.2 fps	MRender 79 Gravity 69.3 Splatting 64.2 57% 70.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 59 35 58 96 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 83.8 Write 99.5 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 64.4 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 67%
Samsung S2 Portable 3 500GB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 48GB free, PID 60a3 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 39 40 40 41 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 7 Mixed 8.8 SusWrite 34.2 26% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 39%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 15,750 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.7 3.6 4.2 4.8 4.8 4.8 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	5.77% Terrible	Read 26.8 Write 15.3 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 4.3 14% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.77% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV8GX4M1A2133C15 Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 16GB 139 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.8 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 76%

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Gaming 69%

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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	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 $40Bench 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